[John K]

Hi guys,

You're all propably getting tired to seeing Lovejoy photos, but drove out to Terrick Terrick National Park last night which is 80kms North of Bendigo for my first look at Lovejoy - better late than never I guess.

Sooooo good to see another bright, big comet, even though from the commentary on ISS and the amazing photos you have all been postings it may have faded a fair bit.

Tail was in the order of 15-20 degrees long and in my estimation less bright than the LMC, but certainly brighter than the SMC although the milky way interferes in its current location so difficult to estimate.

After Hyakutake and McNaught, cetainly great to see another comet of this size.

Photos taken with a Canon 400D, ISO 1600 as either a straight exposure at 2 minutes or a stack of 45 second expusures combined to give 11 minutes.

John.