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Old 02-01-2012, 12:44 PM
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Comet Lovejoy 2/1/2012 - faint but still visible naked eye

After a few days break waiting for the fading comet to move clear of the bright Centaurus/Crux star clouds, I took a few photos this morning- about 250 of them I'll post the animation later when I can assemble it on a different computer (the software I use wont work on 64bit Win 7).
Below are 2 stacks, one 8 * 30sec with the 20mm @f/2 and the other 30mm 6 * 30sec @ f/1.6, both ISO1600 on the D200. There is some distant thin high cloud lit up by Sydney/Newcastle in the South, its the murky brown glow at the bottom, with a bit of airglow mixed in.
Larger versions here: http://astro.gunagulla.com
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Last edited by loomberah; 02-01-2012 at 03:07 PM. Reason: fixed link to pics
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