Comet 17/P Holmes, a 17th magnitude comet till 3 days ago had suddenly acquired a magnitude of 2.8 due to its core bursting on 24th October and on yesterday (25th October)it was looking like a star of magnitude 2.4-2.5 to naked eyes.
I rushed to terrace to see the comet when I got its information through net. I was shocked to see the the comet by naked eyes looking as a bright yellowish star. I turned my 5 inch telescope to it and confirmed that it is the Comet. The core was visible as a bright star like central region and the bursted dust encircled it as a bright halo. It is the first tailless comet for me. Do see this comet as soon as possible as it may fade down shortly.
I and my friend Anup tried photography of the comet using afocal arrangement of my camera Sony DSC S500. I was not having camera mount so all images I got was shaky. All images contain lots of noise.
F Ratio: f/8.2
Magnification: 85 x
See further images at
http://picasaweb.google.com/sandykul2005/Comet17PHolmes
1 comment:
I Sandesh Great Photo man..
can I put this on my blog post ??
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