Comet Holmes Drawing from the Nothern Hemisphere

[Sidewinder]

Hi folks,
as I've seen, there are quite some Comet Holmes photographs around this board, here's a drawing I did from a small town in the Northern parts of Bavaria. This Comet was really in for a surprise, when it suddenly gained a lot of magnitudes over a really short period of time.
Something you simply shouldn't miss!

Date: October 31, 2007
Time: 6 PM CET
Place: Erbendorf
Instrument: TAL 6“ f/5
Seeing: Antoniadi II
NELM: 5m0
Bortle: VII
Constellation: Perseus
Magnification: 50x

The original drawing was done with a pencil on white paper and then processed with GIMP.

Sebastian

[Ric]

That is a fantastic rendition Sebastian almost like a real image.

A fine effort.

[Ingo]

Wow...amazing. I didn't know drawn pictures could look so real.

[astroAJ]

Cool pic wish i could draw like that

[h0ughy (David)]

gee be nice to be able to draw like that. I know Astro South and Ken can draw, as too a few others. Alas poor me having to wait and image it....

[Dietmar]

hallo Sebastian!

whow! what an impressive drawing!
very realistic!

[Outbackmanyep]

Amazing! Thats pretty much how it looks!

[Sidewinder]

Hi people!
THANKS A LOT!!
I am really overwhelmed by so many positive responses!
When I read that Holmes had increased so much in brightness by the end of October, I was still waiting for a proper observing opportunity (clouds and university obligations have not been permitting a lot of time at the telescope over the last few weeks). During that time, I deliberately tried not to look at any images on the internet to prevent them from falsifying my perception. Finally, on Halloween October 31st, I caught it and when I later on compared my drawing to the many photographs, I was actually pleased to find out, how accurately I had rendered it!

Sebastian