Nice pre-dawn skies this morning, but after madly imaging for as long as I could I went back inside for binoculars and came out to find the dawn light was washing things out badly. Missed the visual but happy with the shots, rough as they are!
Hope Ron & Liz do better!!
Cheers -
great pics Rob!!
hopefully clear in the morning, fingers crossed
Woohoo, a tail
Had a go this morning, but is lower in Andromeda now, and trees obscuring viewing from where my scope is at the house. Went down beach and took a few pics, and had a look in binoculars (no go), then back to scope in case it was a bit higher.
Will have to set up scope out in front of house on road for tomorrow.
Apologies that image is a bit outa focus.
Had a go this morning, but is lower in Andromeda now, and trees obscuring viewing from where my scope is at the house. Went down beach and took a few pics, and had a look in binoculars (no go), then back to scope in case it was a bit higher.
Will have to set up scope out in front of house on road for tomorrow.
Apologies that image is a bit outa focus.
Beautiful shot of the zodiacal light Liz!! Just looking at the shot, it's quite possible that the comet is in it - your text is a bit in the way, but a line of three stars of similar magnitude above the comet position are clearly visible and there might be a little green tuft that is actually the comet! Cross marks approximately where it should have been.
Hi Liz,
You definitely have it in your first image above your < mark. Its the round green smudge.
Nice work! You're "this" close to getting it visually i reckon!
I am under solid cloud, looks like it'll stay that way this week (f-it)
damn light cloud can see jupiter through it no chance of comet!!!!! still there was a -7iridium to the north seen even in light cloud and again at 5.46am -6 iridium.iss at -3.3 at 5.52am so its still well worth venturing outside
YEAH!!! Finally, found the little blighter.
Up 4am and down to the beach for a few pics, and trying to spot comet in binoculars, but no luck. Back to house and dragged Dob down to the road and set up. Was worried as comet sinking lower and lower, and I could just see the area above my rooftop. Also incoming cloud from all directions. Popped in the 25mm Plossl, and voila, there it was!!! Nice rounded blob, no tail seen.
Back down to beach, for more pics of Mercury.
Will post some images when I get home from work later this arv.
Thanks Chris and Rob.
I have been up every morning for the last week at 04:30 only to be greeted by MIST or CLOUDS This morning was no exception
Time is running out for me to catch this Comet
Ladies and Gentleman.....LIZ has entered the building!
Well done Liz! Persistence paid off, im glad we were able to help.
Its a nice looking round blob in the EP, such a great thing comets are.
I bought Bintel's last Swan Band filter on special and it's probably why i am wall to wall clouds, i guess it'll be back to good ol 12th and 13th mag comets this time next week! LOL
Ladies and Gentleman.....LIZ has entered the building!
Must admit I was worried I was going to miss it, as getting quite low. Was lucky I had clear skies for awhile this am, as TOTALLY cloudy by 0600!!
Thanks Rob!!
Good luck Ron!!
Have fun with those 12th and 13th mag comets Chris.
Couple of pics below, tho comet certainly not jumping out at me.
ps. got my TeleVue 32mm Plossl today, so more incoming cloud for me, alas.
I had a report this morning from Con Stoitsis (ASV Comet Section Director) that R1 is mag 6.8; Dia= 7.5' and DC of 6.
Possible short thin tail.
Too bad im clouded out
6.8!! Am glad I saw it when I did, as has been cloudy here since. It is so low now that I wouldnt be able to get my scope to a spot where its visible. This is probably the last we see of it as it heads towards the Sun.
Bugger about the clouds Chris, but you saw it quite a few times.
Bring on the next one please.
I missed the BIG MacNaught, a few years ago, as hugely cloudy up here, and when it cleared, it was gracing the southern skies.
This is probably the last we see of it as it heads towards the Sun.
Not necessarily Liz - you're a good way north, and in Townsville at next New Moon on 12 June it will still scrape up to 3 degrees altitude in NE in very early dawn twilight. On the 9th of June for example, with a thin waning crescent moon that won't interfere too much, it will reach 8 deg before it gets washed out. On present trends, the comet will be a very easy naked-eye object by then! If you can find an ocean view to the NE, WOW!! So we southerners will be relying on you as our eyes-on-the-skies!!
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Popped in the 25mm Plossl, and voila, there it was!!! Nice rounded blob, no tail seen. 
Great stuff Liz!! How did you go Ron?
