Hi
I was up all night doing some deep sky imaging when this thing began to appear over the hill behind my house. So I scambelled up the hill through lots of thick grass and got a few shots. The tail is much brighter than I thought it would be.
Canon 550D ISO 1600, 10secs
Steve
Comet Lovejoy
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Comet Lovejoy
by srchadwi » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:08 pm
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Re: Comet Lovejoy
by DaveS » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:10 pm
That really does 'capture the moment' Steve 
Good job you are in NZ and not Oz, or you might have thought twice about scrambling through the long grass in the dark
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Good job you are in NZ and not Oz, or you might have thought twice about scrambling through the long grass in the dark
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Re: Comet Lovejoy
by Roger » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:29 pm
Thats a cracker Steve , well done , and what a tail.
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Re: Comet Lovejoy
by srchadwi » Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:21 am
DaveS wrote:
Good job you are in NZ and not Oz, or you might have thought twice about scrambling through the long grass in the dark
Dave
Too true. I had a Brazilian friend over once and he couldn't beleive I would walk up this hill in shorts and bare feet to view the stars. He used to walk behind me with walking boots on smashing the grass with a stick as he walked.
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Re: Comet Lovejoy
by astropilch » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:10 am
Once again us Northerners miss out!! Its not bloody fair!!! Great shot though!!
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