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Comet P / Holmes (17) P

2007 October 28th and November 15th.
 Imaged with 200mm telephoto
 

Comet  C / 2007 W1 Boattini

2008 July 25th 01.30UT.  LRGB image 35 mins total exposure. HX916 CCD camera through 100mm refractor. Moon 20 degs away and comet 20 degs altitude. Mag 8 approx. N is up.

Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin

2009 February 28th


Comet 2006 VZ13( Linear)

2007 July 18th 18 stacked 30 sec exposures between 22.26UT and 22.40 UT with an HX916 CCD camera through a 100mm refractor. Image approx 1 deg wide in constellation of Bootes.


Comet 2006 P1 McNaught

Brightest comet for many years. It reminded me of Comet West from the 1970's. Picture taken 2007 January 11th with a snapshot digital camera from the roof of a 12 storey building in Southend on Sea Essex.


Comet 2006 M4 SWAN

2006 October 6th.  Mosaic of 2 x 12 min exposures with HX916 CCD Camera through a 100mm refractor. Each pane made up of 35no 20 sec sub exposures. Image approx 2 degrees wide

 

 COMET  73P fragment C
       Schwassmann-Wachmann

2006 April 27-28th.  24 min exposure with HX916. CCD Camera through a 100mm refractor. Image approx 0.8 deg wide
 

COMET 73P fragment B
Schwassmann-Wachmann

2006 April 27-28th. 6 min exposure with HX916
CCD Camera through a 100mm refractor. Image approx 1 deg wide

C/2004 Q2 Machholz
 

Imaged from Eastwood, Essex  2004 Dec 17th at 22.30UT through a 100mm refractor using a HX916 CCD camera L15mins RGB 5mins each. Total exposure 30mins hence comet movement during exposure
 

Comet Hyakutake

Taken with a 200mm telephoto on Fujichrome 400 ISO film 1996 April 17th 1 min exp

Comet Hale Bopp

photographed on 1997 March 28th on 400 ISO Fujichrome slide film

   
 
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