Comet Holmes

One of the strangest Comets ever seen. Increase in brilliance of 500,000 times in a matter of hours.

$Dan McKeel captured this image of this unusal comet on the evening of Oct 25, 2007 while the object was visible to the unaided eye. Equipment - Stellarvue 80 mm refractor telescope. Canon 300 D Digital camers. Exposure 1/3 sec., at 1600 ASA.$
Dan McKeel captured this image of this unusal comet on the evening of Oct 25, 2007 while the object was visible to the unaided eye. Equipment - Stellarvue 80 mm refractor telescope. Canon 300 D Digital camers. Exposure 1/3 sec., at 1600 ASA.