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Old 24-12-2011, 12:03 PM
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Lovely shot Liz. This is gonna be awesome over the next few days with Lovejoy embedded in the Milky Way. Let's hope it hangs in there for another week.
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Old 24-12-2011, 12:03 PM
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Well done on all the great shots. It sure is well worth the effort.
I love your picture Liz, wonderful detail and color.
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Old 24-12-2011, 12:21 PM
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My wife and I went out last night to see what we could find (after being unable to find any site with visibility times etc.). It was foggy in the lower parts of town so we proceeded up the hill to the lookout that faces west (with a nice view of the east between some trees).

This was like nothing I'd ever experienced and I'm glad that I stayed up until 3:30am to catch it.

This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, ISO 200, 60s exposure @ 17mm. It's a blend of two images, the other a 106s exposure at ISO 500. The second image was used to reveal the tree, as it was too noisy to be used for the other half of the image.

We're planning on going back out there tonight, so any more updates will be posted to my Google+ photography page at http://links.solidinc.org/gplusphotography
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Old 24-12-2011, 01:02 PM
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Comet Lovejoy from Balnarring Beach

here's my full story and images: http://philhart.com/content/comet-lovejoy

awesome comet, shame about the sleep.. there's something particularly harsh about an alarm setting that starts with a 2!

cheers!
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Old 24-12-2011, 01:05 PM
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Its driving me nuts.. for years i have actively been putting comet data in stellarium and looking around on the net for possible future comets that have a tail visible... The time has come to see another great one and ITS FR%%%EN RAINING NON STOP!! up yours clouds and bad weather..

Mind you we do need the rain but still cmon give me a break
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Old 24-12-2011, 03:03 PM
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More images from SA

Here's my first attempts at the comet. I had my head buried in the sand and only found out about it yesterday after seeing it on the general news media! Anyway I managed to head up to the East side of the Adelaide Hills last night to the Tungkillo lookout to get a view looking towards Mannum and Murray Bridge. Unfortunately there was cloud on the horizon that stayed all night but i still managed to get some decent views and images.

I quickly processed these in CS5 and they probably need a bit more work yet but I ran out of time! Taken with Nikon D7000, 18-105mm or Tokina 12-24mm. ISO 1600-5000, 20-30sec, f4.

Image 1 has a nice bright satellite that was heading towards the comet and Murray Bridge!

Image 2 is a cropped version of the very next image with the satellite, a small meteor (upper left), car headlights streak, town lights, Milky Way and the comet! I like all the different light sources in that one!

Image 3 is a 50mm shot

Image 4 I managed to see the head of the comet

Image 5 is a wide angle, 12mm with Mannum on the left and Murray Bridge right.

Off to Bordertown today so another dark sky beckons, although tomorrow night looks like being cloudy. I'm sure I get some later on though.
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Old 24-12-2011, 03:10 PM
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Thank you Andrew, Colin and Wade for your kind works, it is a delight to be out the snapping away at this glorious comet. Bring on tomorrow morning, with or without Santa!!

Beautiful images there too Wayne, some lovely detail in the tail!!
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Old 24-12-2011, 04:12 PM
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Thanks Liz. And yours is really nice too! Phil - yours are great as always. We're all taking some great shots and it doesn't matter what with - they all shoot the comet fantastically well. It does help when you have a good subject matter I guess too!



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Thank you Andrew, Colin and Wade for your kind works, it is a delight to be out the snapping away at this glorious comet. Bring on tomorrow morning, with or without Santa!!

Beautiful images there too Wayne, some lovely detail in the tail!!
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Old 24-12-2011, 04:49 PM
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Thanks Grahame. I'm thinking of driving south east after xmas, maybe Norseman/Esperance way? Where are you headed?

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simply stunning shot there colin!
hope to meet you in the field one day

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Old 24-12-2011, 05:59 PM
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wont play Suzy, here on the one on FB.
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Old 24-12-2011, 06:01 PM
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Since everyone else is showing their images I'll put up my first effort as well. Taken this morning at 4am with a Canon 450D, 15sec at f.4.5 and ISO800. I cropped it and enhanced the contrast. I will try again tomorrow morning - will be setting the alarm a bit earlier this time! I had to walk about 20min to reach this spot, no car access, but the walk back in the cool air and morning twilight was lovely - Mars, Saturn, Mercury with Antares and Arcturus. Was worth the effort anyway.
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Old 24-12-2011, 06:11 PM
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wont play Suzy, here on the one on FB.
I have to re-do it without the music by the looks of it. Youtube blocked my choice of song.
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Old 24-12-2011, 06:35 PM
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I have to re-do it without the music by the looks of it. Youtube blocked my choice of song.
How dare they!!! You would have had trouble with images as the quality has been astounding!!


Well done Jacqui, lovely image,and well worth the walk. I agree, the planets looked great, especially Mars!!
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Old 24-12-2011, 07:19 PM
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Nothing wrong with your shot Jacqui, very nice.
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Old 24-12-2011, 07:27 PM
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All great shots everybody!
I just have a question for Terry ( or anyone else who can answer).
Why does the tail split roughly 2/3rds the way up?. How did it happen?
Just curious....
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Old 24-12-2011, 07:36 PM
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One is the ion tail, the other the dust tail. Must be just the angle we're looking at it that they blend together for most of the tail's length. The ion tail is always straight and usually blue in colour. The dust tail lags behind and is white. If you can find some old pics of Hale-Bopp you'll see a much better example of that. Anyone is welcome to describe things better! Would be interested in know the particular geometry of the tail, anyway.
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Old 24-12-2011, 07:47 PM
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Thanks Jacquie,
So I'm going to guess that the ion tail is lit up by the solar wind, and the dust tail is lit up by the solar light and curved due to the curved movement of the comet ( dust being heavier?).
Does that sound about right?
Cheers Jacquie ( btw can you see me waving from 14k's away )
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Old 24-12-2011, 09:34 PM
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Well, I'm over the crest of the hills, so probably not...

Yes, I think so, for the tail workings.
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This mornings effort on Comet Lovejoy. Shot from Otaki River Estuary, well away from the streetlighting near home. ISO 3200,30secs, 28mm (28-70mm) Tokina @f/3.5. Noise reduction on,No processing. Everyone have a Kule Yule.
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Old 25-12-2011, 02:43 AM
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Tail at 25 degrees long.

Morning All,

as can be seen from Mike's shot at the Otaki River, it is another glorius day on the 'sunshine coast,' (Lower North Island, West Coast, N.Z.). My 6th straight morning in a row. More to the point, what a Christmas present for all who make the effort to get out of bed!

My long time observing buddy, Noel Munford, and I drove out to a rural road about 25 km from my home to pop a few trees into the foreground. Noel is a professional photographer in the daytime so his Nikon DSLR is almost light years ahead of the old Canon 10D I'm using, and his images are just stunning. But I am happy with my pics. They show it the way I saw it.

Photo details: Canon 10D, 35mm, f/4.5, ISO 800, 30 seconds.
All were taken at Opiki on the Manawatu Plains, Tararua Ranges in the back-foreground.

Wishing everyone a merry Christmas.

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