Comet 17P/Holmes on November 29 2007
With the Moon gone Comet Holmes is shining brightly once again. The comet is just over 2 degrees away from Mirfak. It continues to be diffuse.
Telescope: Televue NP101is 101/5.4 modified with IDAS light pollution suppression filter
Camera: Fuji Finepix S2 Pro
Sensor ISO: 1600
Exposure: 20 light frames of 30 seconds stacked with Registar 1.0; noise reduction with Astronomy Tools actions and fine tuning with Adobe Photoshop CS2.