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Old 22-12-2011, 07:52 AM
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Comet Lovejoy from Terrigal on the Central Coast, 22nd December (timelapse added)

I got up at 3am and was at Terrigal just after 3:30am.

There were clouds all about and I couldn't see Lovejoy naked eye, but decided to take a test exposure anyway and there it was in a 10s exposure.

So I rushed to set up both cameras and got snapping.

The clouds were a bit of a hindrance, but it could've been worse. Hoping for clearer skies tomorrow. I'll also plan to get there a bit earlier. By 4:30am I couldn't capture it any more as the sky was too bright.

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Timelapse Added
Here's a timelapse just finished. I slowed it down from the normal 25fps otherwise the video would be over in 1.8 seconds

Watch in HD and expand to full size.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjkQLVq7Ws&hd=1

Shows how lucky I was with the clouds - a few degrees to the left and I would've missed everything!
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Last edited by iceman; 22-12-2011 at 01:20 PM.
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