[AZ-Observing] Re: I finally got to Comet Holmes

  • From: "Derrick Lim" <antaresv@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:20:06 -0700

That's a wonderful picture!!! Thanks for sharing!
Q: Is there a reason why the comet appears blue in this photo? Camera
response?

Thanks again!! Great photo!!

Derrick


On 11/11/07, Jon Christensen <jonc97@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think that photo, unlike most of the ones I've seen, shows very well
> what
> we've been seeing through our scopes.
>
>
> Jon Christensen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Scott" <rmscott@xxxxxxx>
> To: "AZ Observing" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:33 PM
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] I finally got to Comet Holmes
>
>
> This is the first use of Mira, my home-made Lurie-Houghton telescope, in
> a year and a half. It was really nice to use it again and I even
> remembered how to set it up. Right now it's being used with a bright
> street light shining on my yard, but the scope is at least in the shade
> of my patio cover.
>
> So, here's my attempt at photographing the comet from far from an ideal
> site, but it worked well enough for this. . .
>
> http://members.cox.net/starscopes/space_sky/comet_holmes_20071110.html
>
> Rick Scott
> JaZ Observatory
>
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