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www.irishastronomy.org The Home of Irish Astronomy on the web Astronomy related injury - (Comet Holmes through the 20" www.irishastronomy.org Forum Index -> Observing Reports View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Philip Lardner Main Sequence Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 284 Location: Bray, Co. Wicklow IFAS Club: SDAS Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: Astronomy related injury - (Comet Holmes through the 20" I'm suffering from a broken jaw tonight... after it hit the ground in freefall when I got to see Comet Holmes, first through binoculars and then (and this is where the damage occured) through the 20" f/4. Ouch... and WOW!!!!!! This is a truely stunning object. There is a near-stellar nucleus (like a very slightly defocused star, but not visible in my pic) towards the edge of a bright central (to the object as a whole) coma. This inner coma is then surrounded by a dark annular ring, which in turn is surrounded concentrically by a bright but diffuse halo. The whole object is massive!!! I grabbed my compact digital camera (an old Minolta F100) and simply held it up to the eyepiece and snapped away. This image is the result of a three second exposure. The bright points may be stars or they may be hot pixels! The image is unprocessed in any way - straight off the camera. The scope has a focal length of 2037mm and I had a 12mm Nagler eyepiece up the spout. Wow! Phil. PS - there may be a problem with the link - the pic doesn't display for me unless I right-click on it and select 'View Image.' Go figure! Last edited by Philip Lardner on Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:00 pm; edited 4 times in total Back to top John Murphy Red Giant Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 621 Location: South Dublin IFAS Club: IAS Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:34 am Post subject: Nope can't see it either!!! Saw and shot it tonight though, reckon its better than mag 2.0 at present and getting brighter. _________________ Regards & Clear Skies, John Murphy http://www.irishastrosoc.org Back to top Dave Lillis IFAS Secretary Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 5326 Location: Limerick (Shannonside AC) IFAS Club: SAC Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:31 am Post subject: I can see the pic Phil, although it might help if you reduce the size of the image. Here is what happened when holmes discovered it in 1892 Upon turning the reflector toward that region, he saw what he thought was M31 enter the field of the finder, but when he looked through the eyepiece he saw something different. Holmes said he "called out involuntarily, 'What is the matter? There is something strange here.' I think we can relate to this _________________ Dave L. Observing Coordinator/IFAS Rep. Shannonside Astronomy Club Secretary, I.F.A.S. -------------------- The 20-inch Obsession scope has been the best form of therapy, try Direct Vision - you'll get used to it Back to top Philip Lardner Main Sequence Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 284 Location: Bray, Co. Wicklow IFAS Club: SDAS Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: Oops - forgot to resize the pic before pasting the link - done now. Still can't get the link to work properly, though. Phil. Back to top Philip Lardner Main Sequence Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 284 Location: Bray, Co. Wicklow IFAS Club: SDAS Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: Ok... I think I've sussed it. I've uploaded the image to Flickr AND grabbed the correct URL this time! Have a look at my original post again and you should be able to see my comet photo. Thanks Dee for the phone-tutorial! Phil. Back to top Deirdre Kelleghan Red Giant Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 588 IFAS Club: IAS Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: post Hi ya Philip, this really is a WoW comet, even though your image has not been run through a computer software mangle, I can still see the pin point nucleus and the brighter area from that point. More please Deirdre Kelleghan Irish Astronomical Society Back to top Dave Grennan Super Giant Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 1814 Location: Dublin IFAS Club: SDAS Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: Geez Phil you scared the crp outta me when I read the first line of your post. Stop it!! My heart ain't what it used to be:) Congrats on a really good image. Great to capture that much detail in such a short exposure! _________________ Regards and Clear Skies, Dave. ------------------------------ J41 - Raheny Observatory. http://www.webtreatz.com Equipment List here Back to top Seanie Morris More stars than braincells... Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 5664 Location: Daingean, in Offaly. IFAS Club: TAS Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: Dave Grennan wrote: Geez Phil you scared the crp outta me when I read the first line of your post. I was thinking the same thing! Phil, it must have been some sight with that 20"... _________________ Secretary & IFAS Rep, Tullamore AS www.tullamorelife.net -> For Tullamore's growing community. 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