Hi guys,
Sorry, don't do much astro these days (bung shoulder), let alone photography. After my crappy attempts at McNaught a few years ago, really want to try and grab a decent comet image this time around. Not really happy with this shot, but it was the best of a bunch taken this morning pre-dawn. I was about half an hour too late imho
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6...69b1f9fd_o.jpg
Did anyone else find that the predawn light washes out the comet and you can't even spot it then? I find it quite faint too, about mag 4 I'd say, from suburbia it's a difficult spot imho as it's low on the horizon. I grabbed the car at 3.30am and made an impromptu decision to drive a few km out of town - far better! Intend to go back to the same spot tonight if weather permits.
Other notes - I find it really hard to focus my camera - infinity focus point is not sharp for infinity!!! I find it too faint for my eyes to be able to focus accurately. Any others have this issues, or are my eyes just bad?
Merry Christmas everyone too!
Dave