Halloween Comet Holmes

I took this photo of Comet Holmes and Melotte 20 (the Alpha Persei Star Group) on October 31.

Comet Holmes is bigger than the Moon in this photo when you include the bluish outer coma.

Pentax K1000 camera, 100mm@F/2, Fuji Superia Xtra 800 film, 1 1/2 minutes.

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Comet Holmes November 7th

This photo was taken on November 7th with 4

Comet Holmes Continues to Amaze

Comet 17P/Holmes is still naked eye, just 1/2 degree northeast of Alpha Persei as I write this on November 18th.

It is larger than the Moon now with lower surface brightness. It is out almost all night long.

This photo was taken on October 29 with my 4.5" reflector, Nikon digital camera, and an 8 second exposure.

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Comet Holmes November 7th

I took this photo on November 7th with 4.5" F/4 reflector, Pentax K1000 camera, Fuji Superia Xtra 400 film, 30 second exposure.