Comet Holmes?

[suburbanskies]

Just got in from observing Comet Holmes for the first time...what a strange looking comet! Kinda resembles a huge, bright planetary nebula with a bright dot in the center.

Any of you CCDers out there taking photos of this?

Mark

[reconair]

Man, what an awesome comet. I?ve never quite seen anything like it -- very spectacular. I?ve taken quite a few images of it tonight. A couple are attached for your viewing pleasure.

Details:
Takahashi TOA130/G11
10X30sec in Halpha
Sbig 2000XM

[budguinn]

nice shots, Scott

[suburbanskies]

Scott, great shots. I like both versions. What I saw visually was something in between. At lower mags (50x), it looked more like your first shot and at slightly higher mags(75x), I could see that the comet was a little darker on the right hand side, just like in your second shot.

Sure is a sight to see. After I first spotted it in 7x35 binoculars, I thought "wow, this is something unusual!!!" Ran inside and got the 8" Dob. It certainly does not look like any comet I've ever seen....I'm glad I've had a chance to see a "non-classical" comet.

Mark

Originally Posted by reconair

Man, what an awesome comet. I?ve never quite seen anything like it -- very spectacular. I?ve taken quite a few images of it tonight. A couple are attached for your viewing pleasure.

Details:
Takahashi TOA130/G11
10X30sec in Halpha
Sbig 2000XM

[reconair]

Here's one of holmes in color.

[Kevin]

Great images of a most unusual comet. Great to see it done with the TOA as well. Great job.

Regards,
Kevin

[Edsport]

Great images, i haven't seen it yet, maybe tonite i'll have a look.