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  Summary: After a 13.6-year absence, Comet 8P/Tuttle is once again traveling through the inner solar system. At closest approach to Earth on Jan. 1st and 2nd, 2008, the comet will brighten to 5th or 6th magnitude, barely visible to the naked eye but a fine target for backyard telescopes and digital cameras. [sky map] [ephemeris] [orbit]
 
  Photographer, Location Images Comments

Mike Holloway,
Van Buren, AR
Dec. 26, 2007
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RGB filters are used to image the fast moving comet. 5" TV127is refractor and ST10 xmei ccd. Second image shows the developing tail.


Hiroaki Ohno,
Japan Fukushima city
Dec. 27, 2007
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Des.27.2007 19:25 JST 90mm refractor focus 500mm Canon EOS-40D (SEO-SP2) ISO1000 120 secondes moon: Nov.2007


Danilo Pivato,
Rome - Italy
Dec. 26, 2007
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2007.12.26 16h 47m U.T. Instrument: Pentax SDUF II 400/4 + ccd Sbig ST-10XME @-30° - filter: L Exposed: 6 x 300 seconds. Site - ROME (Italy)


Doug Zubenel,
Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA.
Dec. 25, 2007
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Tonight, during the brief window of time between full darkness and moonrise, I was able to see 8P/Tuttle with the naked eye and averted vision!! While observing the comet, the camera made this image. Canon Rebel XTi with a 300mm Nikkor lens @f/5.6, 2 minute exposure at ISO 800.


Doug Zubenel,
Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA.
Dec. 25, 2007
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What a Christmas gift! It was supposed to be raining or snowing tonight, and instead I had a perfectly clear sky during the brief window between full darknes and moonrise to make this image that I have had in mind for weeks now. Canon Rebel XTi with a 35mm Nikkor lens @ f/4, 4 minute exposure at ISO 800.

more images (Dec. 26): from Dave Miller of Norton Ohio; from Fredrik Broms of Sörängen, Sweden;