Comet Lovejoy from Broken Hill

Quark (Trevor) · #1 24-12-2011, 10:46 AM

Well, have been inspired by all of the great Comet Lovejoy images to have a crack at it.

As planetary imaging is my passion its been a very long time since I aimed my 450D at the night sky.

Woke the wife and son at 3:40 AM and drove out of town in the Landcruiser on hi-beam, glanced out the window and to my surprise could see Comet Lovejoy clearly. A pretty amazing sight indeed.
This shot is at 17mm F4 and is a 50 sec exposure.

Thanks for looking
Regards
Trevor

Kevnool (Kev) · #2 24-12-2011, 11:17 AM

Thats great Trev.
Must get up in the morning on xmas day to see this visually for a xmas treat.
Cheers Kev.

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #3 24-12-2011, 11:36 AM

Great stuff - I hope an early Christmas present tomorrow morning!

anthony.tony · #4 24-12-2011, 11:38 AM

A great Comet for christmas -Tony

astronobob (Bob) · #5 24-12-2011, 12:49 PM

Great show Quark, We on the east coast are going to have drive a little further out of town too grab a view, two or three tanks of fuel auta do it : )

Quark (Trevor) · #6 24-12-2011, 01:50 PM

Thanks Guys, reckon it does look a bit like hi-beam lights on Santa's sleigh.
You just gotta see this Kev, my lens doesn't do it justice. Mind you, I had forgotten many of the lurks regarding computer control of my 450D so if its clear tomorrow morning I reckon I can do a lot better job second time around.

Paul Haese · #7 24-12-2011, 02:53 PM

Its about time you got out there for this mate. Well done.