Holmes comet 19 days after the outburst
The night November 10/11 was really crazy. The freezing rain and snowfall alternated periods of
excellent clear sky with perfect observing conditions. Several times, I had to cover the equipment with my
jacket and wait for the weather turning fair. Finally about midnight of the local time a longer
period of clear sky enabled me to take an unbroken sequence of 51 images. I used my most favoured optics
- Rubinar 5.6/500mm.
Before the perfect weather came, I took several images on
which I did not realize that even though the sky looked clear, the strong wind was bringing some snow flakes
which were scattering the light of bright stars. I excluded these images from processing. Later, I browsed
these images again and I found out that they have a fanciful beauty. Therefore, I made
another version of the image presented on this page
which is not made from perfect images only but also from images with scattered light caused by snow
flakes.
Click on the image or on the following reference to display the
higher resolution image version (4.1 MB, PNG format).
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| Image | 2007_11_10_rubinar500.jpg |
| Date | 10. 11. 2007 |
| Time | 23:17 - 23:49 UT |
| Place | Brno-Komín, Czech Republic |
| Coordinate | N 49° 13.45', E 16° 32.98', Alt. 272 m |
| Conditions | Excellent, clear sky |
| Optics | Rubinar 5.6/500mm |
| Camera | Canon EOS 5D |
| Exposure | 51× 30 s (ISO 3200) |
| Copyright | © 2007 Miloslav Druckmüller |
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Miloslav Druckmüller
Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
druckmuller@fme.vutbr.cz
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Page last update: 2.4.2008
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