Comet P17/Holmes is in such a nice starfield.This photo gas P17 on one side and the double cluster in Perseus on the other. Taken with a Nikon d40 with Nikkor Q 85mm f1.8 and a single 30 sec exposure at iso1600. Piggyback on a Los Mandy GM100 tripod.

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The interesting aspect of this picture are the colors. There are blue, white, yellow, green and red stars in the picture. The bright bue ones has a halo. Is this an artifact of a lack of blue color correction of the lens?

Enjoy the view from my digitally enhanced backyard. The field of view is 11x16 degree.

hha

What an incredibly beautiful picture!!....(ripe for 'wallpaper')

thank you for sharing.
please keep them coming......hha

you have an excellent lens ....nikkor 85/1.8....hah, hha!
i am sooooo jealous! not!

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It does indeed look like your lens is producing chromatic aberration on the brighter stars.

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Wow, AWESOME shot!!!

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A fine picture you have there Hha1, A V-Block Anti-Fringing filter will help removing most of the blue halo around the stars. But a nice wide shot of the comet. Clear Skies