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Comet Holmes

Camera Canon 20Da
Date 11/3/07
Description Suddenly, on October 24th, Comet Holmes brightened by a factor of about a million. Over time, the coma (the thin gaseous area around the comet) became larger than our sun. Although the comet is mostly round, you can see a sharper edge on the left and a bit of elongation from lower left toward the upper right.
Processing AP 160 mounted on ATS portable pier. Taken from our driveway, this pictures is a single 20 second shot. The image was digitally processed in Images Plus.