Comet 17P/Holmes by Deirdre Kelleghan
Comet 17P/Holmes 26 October 2007/ 1200mm/8mm/150X/ Watercolor / Pastels/ Conte barlows. I had a 30 minute window in between clouds, to catch this icy visitor in my telescope. I had to shield my scope and my eyes form the moon light by hiding behind my house. First I looked in my 15X70 binos, and I could see a halo around the comet, a very different view to October 24th, I reckoned this had brightned to around Mag 2. I popped my 8mmTVP into the scope and oh yes this was a sketch I had to have. I am thinking up new ways of getting this comet, it is a challenge to sketch as it has so many properties to deal with. Hope it's there for a while longer.
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