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Old 28-10-2007, 01:01 AM
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17P Holmes

I had no problems whatsoever finding this comet.
Using 12x50 binos showed it as a bright fuzz ball just above the trees.
Once I knew where it was, it stood out like the proverbials to the naked eye.
I used the Canon Powershot S3IS.
This is a small stack of 4x 3.2sec. I had 54 to stack, but DSS and Regi refused to process them all. I pushed saturation to 16 to bring out more colour. Other than that, no other processing. Not that this object needs it. Even a single frame shows yellows, green and pinks. Awesome.

2 new images. Heaps better than the first
30 x 3.2 seconds and the same image put through a high pass filter.
There is a distinct halo within the fuzziness.
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Last edited by jjjnettie; 28-10-2007 at 01:54 AM. Reason: new photo
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