I didn't have any illusions that the weather would improve in Brisbane with rain still at midnight. I set the alarm for 2am just in case and woke to partially clear skies. I set up the 600D and 50mm lens and pointed the camera at Chameleon to attempt some sort of images. The asteroid was due to fly by IC 2602 at 3:47am and Eta Carinae at 4am. As it was supposedly approaching (I still hadn't seen it yet) the clouds decided to come back. I left the camera going anyway, having switched to an 85mm lens with 20sec exposures. The asteroid was then due to pass in front of the star Mu Velorum at 4:21am so I did a few exposures, again with cloud, and hoped for the best. The sky was still a little clear in the SE so I got a couple of shots of Comet PANSTARRs. After that the sky basically went overcast so I call it quits.
I've quickly reviewed some of the images and found a small faint streak in the Eta Carinae field and passing Mu Velorum. I will process them as best I can later but for now here are some results.
Here is a video of the two sequences that cloud permitted:
http://youtu.be/lBftJ5jhja0
Best watched in full definition as the asteroid is small and faint!
Thanks for reading
Tom