COMET BRADFIELD C2004 F4

(quite faint but indeed there)

26th April 2004 4:03am

Canon 10D, 75-300mm EF zoom lens at 75mm,

ISO 800, f/9.5, 8 second image, RAW file conversion with CaptureOne and final processing in Photoshop

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COMETS

COMET HOLMES P/17

December 13th 2007

Imaged with Canon 5D, Sigma 100-300mm APO zoom lens @300mm with IDAS light pollution reduction filter

20 x 3 minute and 10 x 5 minute exposures @ ISO1600, f/4, converted and processed in Images plus, final processing in Photoshop.

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COMET HOLMES P/17

December 13th 2007

crop of original full frame image at 50% size.

NGC 1245 is the cluster of stars near by.

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COMET HOLMES P/17

November 8th 2007

Imaged with Canon 10D, Sigma 100-300 APO zoom lens @ 300mm with 82mm IDAS LPR filter

18 x 1 minute and 10 x 5 minute exposures @ ISO800, f/4, combined in ImagesPlus and processed in Photoshop

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COMET MACHHOLZ C/2004 Q2

26th Dec 2004 under a full moon

Orion 80ED, ST2000XM, guided on G-11

LRGB - 30/15/15/15

( L bin1x1 / RGB bin3x3) 5 min sub exposures, stacked and processed in ImagesPlus and PS

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COMET NEAT C/2001 Q4

21st May 2004

Orion 80ED, Canon 10D

22 x 1 minute exposures at ISO1600, stacked and processed in ImagesPlus., cropped in PS

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COMET LINEAR C2002 T7

17th Feb 2004

70mm Skywatcher Refractor, mounted on LXD55 mount

54 x 15 second images at ISO3200, stacked and processed in ImagesPlus

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COMET HOLMES P17
January 11th 2008
Imaged with Canon 5D
and Sigma 100-300mm
lens at 100mm with
IDAS light pollution
reduction filter
27 x 4 min exposures
@ ISO1600, f5.7,
Converted and
Processed with
ImagesPlus 3, final
Processing in
Photoshop
Open cluster M34 is
Just above Comet
Holmes, Mel20 bottom
Left and NGC1342
Bottom right. Algol
Is the star under Holmes