Comet Holmes on early morning of Nov 3, 2007


f=1600mm prime focus

Date & Time: Nov 2 2007, from 28:22 to 28:25 JST(+0900)
composed 6shots with 1min. & 6shots with 3min.
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with a conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Nikon D80 (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3872×2592)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600



f=530mm prime focus

Date & Time: Nov 2 2007, from 27:37 to 28:14 JST(+0900)
composed 4shots with 15sec. (ISO800) & 3shots with 3min. (ISO1600)
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial
Digital Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3024×2016)
White Balance...Auto


This page shows you images of comet Holmes captured at suburb from Tokyo for the first time in last a week. The comet has a coma with a size of larger than 10 arc minutes, and I have estimated the visual brightness of about 2.5 or 3.0 in magnitude. I could detect a dimmed light of comet only with my own naked eyes. And it's considered that the comet has a short dust tail in southwest direction.


Holmes on evening Nov 3 till early morning of Nov 4, 2007
Holmes on Oct 31, 2007

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