[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

I drove about 45 minutes south west of Brisbane last night in search of darker skies to capture this comet. Very easily spotted in 7x50 binoculars from where I ended up. I was using a tripod-mounted Canon 50D and EF 70-200mm telephoto lens, but the comet's closeness to the south celestial pole allowed me to expose for 30 secs without too much trailing. I tried various settings, but ended up stacking 11x30 sec exposures at 200mm, f/4 and 1600 iso (plus 3 darks) using DSS, and then cropping the image a bit. The result is fairly noisy (as expected), but I was able to pick up a hint of the tail (in the 11 o'clock position).

Anyway, thanks for looking.

Cheers,
Stephen