Carl (renormalised) and myself headed west of Townsville this morning to see if we could see, and photograph the comet. Bit of a late start as couldnt find my cable release, and still cant!!
Townsville was covered in light cloud, but 20 min out, I pulled over, and the skies were clear and gorgeous!! It was just after 4am, shame we werent a bit earlier. What a relief to see stars everywhere and the comet tail was shooting up out of Scorpious. A magnificent sight, and for those who havent seen it from a dark site, you NEED to!! Nearly brings tears to the eyes.
Both took quite a few pics, with manual pressing of the shutter button,
, then couldnt get the base of camera into tripod properly, time for new tripod I reckon.
40 min later, the predawn light was gathering, and the tail faded away.
This was the best comet I have seen for 15 years, since Hyakutake,(North Qld missed Comet Macnaught due to rain/cloud) and something I will never forget. Thankyou Terry.
