Comet Lovejoy, Leonis Minoris meteor shower

[Ry]

Hi all, gotta love how busy the sky's been lately! I'm new to this astro stuff and the forums and this is my first post, so thought I'd say hello and share a snap I took on the cloudless Boxing Day :hi:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6593520137_d3b30bd089_o.jpg

and for those of you who don't fancy cluttered star trails, I'm also putting up a short video timelapse attempt.

http://vimeo.com/34320655

Hope you like it!

Cheers

Ry

[renormalised]

Nice shot Ryan...and welcome to IIS:):)

The star trails nicely offset the comet:)

[bartman]

Welcome Ryan!:welcome:
Awesome time lapse and long exp!
Love the reflections on the lake!
Thanks for sharing!
Bartman

[jjjnettie]

Wow, what an entrance you've made to IIS Ryan.
Thanks for the great video.

[danielsun]

Wow Ryan! Welcome to IIS and Beautiful work mate!:thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel.

[Terry B]

Very well done. Very nice composition.
Welcome to IIS

[Liz]

Great image Ryan!! :thumbsup:

[Ry]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and being so generous with the compliments! I was quite happy with the results too. Looking forward to this cloud cover pushing over and for the rain to press the dust back into the ground, and maybe glimpsing and snapping some Quadrantids if the conditions are right!

[leon]

Now that is a super foreground, love the image.

Leon

[venus]

WOW for a first try that is amazing!

[Ry]

A couple more- single frame from the timelapse showing Lovejoy and a meteor:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6600402773_84e85a7431_o.jpg

and Lovejoy rising with the Milky way:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6600430229_97a3c3d284_o.jpg

[Gerry]

Great photos Ryan!

[CometGuy]

Very cool Ryan. Nice reflection in the water as well.

Terry

[Paddy]

Love that time lapse! And the star trails look great too. Well done and welcome!

[Ry]

Thanks again everyone! The comments and compliments are muchly appreciated! Here's a new snap from this morning. Intermittent cloud cover, but otherwise wonderful conditions to be out. The SE Qld sky's supposed to improve by Wednesday..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byry/6614005917/in/set-72157628601828011/lightbox/

ps. Also, I was just wondering- what are the conventions around here re posting new images? Do people generally keep adding to a single thread or start new threads? If it's the former, maybe I need to rename the thread..

[Kevnool]

Well done and welcome Ryan
Great image and time lapse.

Cheers Kev.

[tornado33]

Great pics and video. Can clearly see the meteors coming through. How rare is that, a comet and meteor shower together
Scott