I finally processed some of the shots that I've taken of Comet 17P/Holmes with my Canon Digital Rebel DSLR during the past week.

The first one is a tripod-mounted photo that I took at the ASH Naylor Observatory on the night of Monday, October 29, using an 80-20mm Canon zoom lens. The comet is the nonstellar object at the bottom left.

The second picture is a cropped shot of the coma captured through the ASH 5" f/5 acrhromat via eyepiece projection (32mm Brandon) on Thursday, November 1.

The third is a prime focus image that I took on Saturday night, November 3, through an 80mm long-focus achromat that serves as the finder scope for a friend's 20" f/10 classical Cassegrain.

The final image is a cropped image taken through the 20" classical Cassegrain at prime focus showing the inner coma and the pseudonucleus.

Dave Mitsky

Attached Images

	Comet Holmes 80-200mm Small 1000 5990.jpg (48.4 KB, 17 views)
	Comet Holmes 5-inch Cropped Small 6107.jpg (74.2 KB, 26 views)
	Comet Holmes 80mm Small 6135.jpg (65.5 KB, 23 views)
	Comet Holmes 20-inch Inner Coma Cropped Small 6120.jpg (97.2 KB, 27 views)

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Hi Dave.
Nice job, it has been cloudy here for a few days. I saw the comet saturday night at the observatory for about 10.min. Take care and clear skies.

You did Good my friend all are great shots. Don't have much time to process myself but still clicking away. Clear Skies

Very nice Dave. Thanks for posting!