Hi all, this morning comet Lovejoy has moved further away from the Milky Way to reveal the full extent of its tail and still visible to the naked eye. Many have asked how dark are my skies so I did a few tests this morning while exposing the comet. I can easily see the star within the Coalsack, counted 26 and up to 30 stars within Orion and the hardest was 3 stars within Corvus. I have not checked a star chart to see what magnitude they are as yet.
This image was taken with 50mm Canon F1.4 lens at F2, with 2 minute exposure using Canon 20Da at ISO 800. After taking this image and seeing I was not capturing the whole tail I replaced the 50mm lens with the 24mm F1.4L lens.
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/6053b4cd.jpg
24mm lens at F3.2, 4 minute exposure
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/5ef979a2.jpg
24mm lens at F3.2, 6 minute exposure
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/64c83cf5.jpg