Daylight Sightings

[gbeal]

You geezers in Ozzie seeing this comet during daylight??
I have been able to see it yesterday, and again today. Finding it in daylight is easy enough with binoculars, and then once you know where it is simple with the naked ete even.
Imaging it though is a different kettle of fish.
Try as I might all I can get is a blob, with the merest of flare from sun in the front.
Mind you, I'm not complaining, it is a rare sight, so get out there and see.
Gary

[iceman (Mike)]

Excellent, Gary! How did you take that shot? Thru the scope?

[gbeal]

Originally Posted by iceman

Excellent, Gary! How did you take that shot? Thru the scope?

Hi Mike,
with great difficulty, believe me. I was miles away flying yesterday, and managed to find it while sitting about, (I put the sun behind one of the rotor-blades, and used binos to locate it), it was simple. Then once I knew where it was, it was simple to locate naked eye.
Later last evening after the sun went down it was likewise, but with the smokey haze on the western horizon it was tricky to see, but again was visible naked eye.
Today I spent ages, and I mean ages, in the midday sun (and about 28 degrees, which is un-natural enough) trying to spy it.
I tried using the goto, after synching on the suns disk, no good, Tried all things, but in the end used the old back and forth method, with a wide filed eyepiece.
Scope was the FC100 Tak, so 8oomm, and the Canon 20D, ISO100, and about 6400th of a second. Dust motes abound, and the cloning tool had a workout.
Gary

[Ric]

Great daylight shot Gary.

Well done

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Nicely done mate