What a wonderful sight Comet Lovejoy was.....

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by RB

Hi everyone, just wanted to share a few shots I got on Christmas morning from Terrigal of Comet Lovejoy.
It was a magnificent sight to see it rising like a searchlight over the horizon.

The day before Mike (Iceman), Rod (Rodstar) and I tried to get some shots but the clouds kept interfering and all I got was part of the tail.

On Christmas morning I headed out again and the conditions were better but there was still low clouds to contend with along with headlights from passing and parked cars around the Skillion.

Here's a few shots of the very memorable Christmas Comet.

Hope everyone has a Very Happy New Year.

Andrew

FANTASTIC work there Andrew, very envious of the results mate

[StephenM (Stephen)]

That first image is stunning Andrew! i didn't get to see the comet until the 27th, so missed the brightest stage. It was still a spectacular sight though!

Cheers,
Stephen

[RB (Andrew)]

Many thanks everyone, glad you enjoyed them.
I was certainly lucky to have the opportunity to go out Christmas morning.

Geoffro, life's a bit too busy for me atm but I certainly hope to catch up with everyone soon.

Cheers
RB

[iceman (Mike)]

With literally hundreds if not a thousand+ images of Comet Lovejoy to choose from, it was really difficult to choose one for an IOTW. And there were many many images that I loved and could've chosen; but I kept coming back to this one - the colours are stunning, it was taken at a time when the tail was nice and bright, and it was taken on xmas day. Terry really delivered us a gift that kept on giving

This image is now IOTW.

[astromark]

So this being the Christmas comet as viewed from the East Coast of Australia in the pre dawn sky of 25th December 2011.. looking East...
Mark is now searching birth notices for NZ about that date... Hungry to start a religious cult... But Very Good Photo's regardless.. Excellent.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Congratulations RB what a top set of images like the second one the best set in a lovely rock frame ,it truly was a great christmas comet it brought a lot of us together to share the expierance.
happy new year
AL

[atalas]

Congrats on IOTW Andrew! well deserved with three wonderful shots...the second image is my favorite.

[zardos123 (Brad)]

number one for me too........its beautiful go gotta be happy with that

brad

[danielsun]

Awesome images there RB really love the first two and congrats on IOTW


Cheers Daniel.

[gregbradley]

Great shots RB and congrats on IOTW.

Using a DSLR to capture this comet was more tricky than I realised.

Greg.

[kinetic (Steve)]

Lovely set of shots rocket boy

Steve

[naskies (Dave)]

Congrats - great work!