Comet PanStarrs over Gosford Waterfront

[iceman]

Captured last night at Gosford Waterfront, in what may be my first and last glimpse of the Comet before it sinks below the horizon for the Southern Hemisphere and becomes a Northern Hemisphere object from around the 11th March onwards.

5s exposure @ ISO2000, f/5, 55mm with the Canon 6D and 24-105mm lens.

Large version (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/380)

It was a nice naked eye sight, would look even better under dark skies. Couldn't spot it until about 8:03 in the camera zoomed in, and visually from about 8:10pm.

[Deeno]

Very nice Mike!

Got another without you in it....

[iceman]

ROFL thanks Dean, yes I have more :)

[StephenM]

Looks great Mike!

I drove 45 mins SW of Brisbane yesterday evening hoping to get away from the clouds, but was still completely clouded out. Did get a nice (albeit very brief) binocular view of Lemmon and its tail through a gap in the clouds in dark-ish skies though.

Cheers,
Stephen

[h0ughy]

nice shot Mike - -is that buster the crash test dummy from mythbusters?

[Larryp]

Very nice, Mike!

[multiweb]

There's a lot of finger pointing and arm waving incantations in those latest shots of yours? Anything going on or is it East coast weather fever? :P

Great shot and composition as usual. :thumbsup:

[Octane]

It's an entry into the Malin's, Marc. :P

Mike, you're going to have to re-do the shot -- you're pointing at the lights on the hills! :P

Glad to see you managed to capture it before it goes AWOL. :(

H

[RB]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi.... :lol:

Lovely shot mate, would look great in a calender. ;)

Glad you got to see/image it, no chance for me due to work commitments.

:sadeyes:

[gregbradley]

I like that one a lot. Beautiful colours and your clever framing and composition.

Greg.

[stardust steve]

That camera complimented by the lens looks like a lethal combo. So clean and sharp. Love the reflections:thumbsup:
Glad you capped it before sinking.

[FranckiM06]

Wow, it is great shot. I like this image.
Franck

[ourkind]

Nice shot Mike! Putting yourself in the frame gives it that personal touch, I like it! :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Thanks Stephen. I never got a chance to image Lemmon so you're ahead of me there!




haha thanks Dave, I still have you to thank for telling me where to look!




Thanks Larry!




ROFL you're right :) I do like a human element in my astro pictures, I like the sense of scale and wonder it gives.

But a bit of east coast weather fever is certainly possible :)




It's just parallax error, H :)




haha I remember that night well.. can't believe McNaught was 6 years ago! That was quite a comet.




Thanks Greg, appreciate the comments.




Thanks Steve - was hoping for a better foreground but didn't have time to travel out to Long Jetty. Loving the 6D still but really really hate the button placements still.




Thanks Franck!




Thanks Carlos, I agree - like I said above I like having a human element in it.

Cheers everyone.

[Ross G]

Nice photo Mike.

Ross.