P17/Holmes two weeks after
inital outburst, This image is taken with a Canon 300D DSLR camera
at prime focus of a 222mm Dobsonian, 15 seconds at ISO 1600. It
is now about a quarter of a drgree in diameter!
28th of October 2007,
6:30
P17/Holmes on fourth night
of outburst, Image as below and scale is the same on both so the
size difference is due to the coma's expansion! (Rotation difference
is because of alt-az mount)
26th of October 2007,
21:43
P17/Holmes on third night
of outburst, Philips TuCamPro at prime focus of a 222mm f 5.77 Newtonian.
156 frames stacked and processed in Registax 4
26th Feb. 2005,
20:55
Machholz, fades at about
7.5 degrees from Polaris. This image is one degree wide with north
to the upper right. 30 sec. exposure at ISO1600, at prime focus
of a 222mm f 5.77 Newtonian.
15th Jan 2005,
19:47
Machholz, closer up here,
shows some evidence of a tail again.
15th Jan 2004,
19:46
Machholz, now near Algol
in Perseus, in a 30 second exposures at ISO1600 with a Canon 300D
and wide angle lens at 34mm, F5.6.
12th Jan 2004,
22:58
Machholz close up. 3x30
second exposures at ISO1600 with a Canon 300D and lens at 200mm,
F5.6. It was just passing a background star.
12th Jan 2004,
22:53
Machholz fades a bit with
none of its tails visible. Part of 2x30 second exposures at ISO1600
with a Canon 300D and lens at 55mm, F5.6.
11th Jan 2004,
22:47
Machholz past the Pleiades.
3x30 second exposures at ISO1600 with a Canon 300D and lens at 110mm,
F5.6. Both tails just visible.
7th Jan 2004,
23:03
Machholz at its closest
to the Pleiades. 2x30 second exposures at ISO1600 with a Canon 300D
and a 200mm lens at F5.6 on a windy wet night!
As below
A processed negative of
the image below that shows the hint of the two tails of the comet
and the nebulosity in the Pleiades
5th Jan 2004,
18:39. M Scully
Machholz gets closer to
the Pleiades. As below but 90mm lens at F5.6. Note the satellite
track between the comet and the "Seven sisters"
2nd Jan 2004,
23:12. M Scully
Machholz with the Hyades
and the Pleiades. 3x30 second exposures at ISO1600 with a Canon
300D and a 55mm lens at F5.6 (on a tracking platform). Stacked in
Registax 3.
18th Dec 2004,
1:24a.m. M Scully
First image I took of Machholz
on a very windy night. 3x30 second exposures at ISO1600, Canon 300D
attached to my 70mm f10 SkyLux refractor (on a tracking platform).
