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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Having gone no further than my backyard obs to capture this comet
this morning (May 7th)
The tail was barely detectable from southern Sydney today. A full moon and high cirrus made the task extremely trying....
Have to say your image is waaaay better 
Timing and a dark sky location makes all the difference! Well done |
Thnx Peter, yeah, timing etc is tricky with Comets, only a small window over a week or so with this one, as is similar to most other comets over the decades. .
I havent done any astro for quite some time, found roughly where comet was, only clue initially was it was in Pisces. Stellarium didnt show it the day before, updated the Orbital elements, still didnt show it, my version is/was the very 1st one, and didnt except current updating, installed the latest, updated orbitals, and there it was,,, and said to self, must go in the morning, clouds on way next day, must go in morning !
Glad you caught sight of it and have an image for the record, good stuff
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Originally Posted by Derek Klepp
Bob my better half has worked at John Flynn for over 25yrs and so does the crossing several times a fortnight with all the signs. I thought the car park was blocked I haven’t been there to photograph birds since the restrictions only positive of that is it will get rid of all those overnight campers taking up the prime position to view the surf early in the morning.
Anyway enjoyed that story but it was well worth it for that pic.Hopefully restrictions will ease soon and we can get back to normality and some pics of the Winter Milky Way.
Cheers Derek
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Ah, John Flynn, been there a couple times over the decades, nice hosp. So, yeah, needing the border pass, keool
Hmm, looking forward to some clear Winter Milky Way's also. Freezer suit time
