[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Originally Posted by Lester

Hi all, this was my first good view of the comet since 23rd December, although still hindered by cloud. Cannot fit the comet into 50mm lens FOV. First image is taken with 50mm lens at F2.2 and 30 second exposure, using Canon 20Da at ISO 800; tracked with Celestron 8" fork mount.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/ebc23682.jpg

Second image taken with 24mm lens at F2, 1 minute exposure. The lights of Port Lincoln at the bottom right corner.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/561b4fae.jpg

Wow @ both of those shots. Even following your settings (without tracking though) I could get nothing even remotely like your shots quality. Can't blame the equipment, so must be this photographer (me) simply sucks at comets ;-)

Originally Posted by Lester

Thanks Rob and Carl for your comments. Does anyone know what the orbit period of this comet is?

I'd heard 340,000 years. Not sure if that is indeed correct or not though.

Dave