Comet 17/P Holmes - a 3 day composite
October 25, 26 & 30, 2007
Observatory Hill, Victoria, BC, Canada
This image illustrates how much the gas cloud surrounding the comet has grown in size over the 5 day period. The green halo and ragged edge of the right side of the comet are signs both ion and dust tails may appear soon.
Details:
Refer to details for each individual image.
ACDSee Pro 2: convert to 24 bit RGB, image crop, and conversion to jpg.
Corel PhotoPaint X3: produced composite of 3 images for the five day comparison.