Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Saw it naked eye tonight. Not much to look at, the usual fuzzy spot, but it's very photogenic.

[kkara4 (Krishan)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Saw it naked eye tonight. Not much to look at, the usual fuzzy spot, but it's very photogenic.

beautiful sunny morning here - hopefully it stays that way . ill try the ISS transit across sun too. will be first time getting telescope out in nearly a month!

[Analog6 (Odille)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Saw it naked eye tonight. Not much to look at, the usual fuzzy spot, but it's very photogenic.

Where is it now? Hopped up this morning at 3 but clouded out here in Hobart

[doppler (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Analog6

Where is it now? Hopped up this morning at 3 but clouded out here in Hobart

It is an evening comet look for it as soon as it is dark (at 3.00am it has probably set)

Here is a 28mm widefield pic from last night. It is easy to see with binoculars, not so easy naked eye.

Rick

[geolindon (Lindon)]

) WOAH, great views tonight, between clouds n wind vibrations. last night was better conditions but i could not see the tail; tonight its clearly visible in the finder and a real site in the ep's.
oh n i 'phoned Comet Catcher to see if he was imaging, but he is crook!

[doppler (Rick)]

It's still getting brighter, it's getting easier to image the tail now. Here is a snap from last night iso 1600, stack of 20sec subs with the 10" f4.8 newt (about 2min total exposure).

Rick

[ShOrEbReAk (Troy)]

hey

Please tell me I have finally found it! to me it looks like a star with a heap of gassy halo around it, like a halo streetlight effect. above the pelaides and down below the last two stars in the Taurus?

Troy

[doppler (Rick)]

Originally Posted by ShOrEbReAk

hey

Please tell me I have finally found it! to me it looks like a star with a heap of gassy halo around it, like a halo streetlight effect. above the pelaides and down below the last two stars in the Taurus?

Troy

There are no bright globular clusters or other fuzzy's in that area so I would say yes.
Rick

[ShOrEbReAk (Troy)]

YES

[ralph1]

Saw it naked eye easily last night, it was very conspicuous even without checking the chart so now I've wasted 2 sheets of paper . In 10X50 binoculars the tail was clearly visible, it looked to be about 2 degrees long. In Australia we've only got a few weeks before it leaves our skies so if you haven't seen it now's your best chance.
Ralph

[knightrider]

Originally Posted by ralph1

Saw it naked eye easily last night, it was very conspicuous even without checking the chart so now I've wasted 2 sheets of paper . In 10X50 binoculars the tail was clearly visible, it looked to be about 2 degrees long. In Australia we've only got a few weeks before it leaves our skies so if you haven't seen it now's your best chance.
Ralph

I had a look at it last night also through my 10x50 binoculars. I can confirm I saw its tail also. I thought I might be seeing things but averted vision confirmed it.

[kkara4 (Krishan)]

Originally Posted by knightrider

I had a look at it last night also through my 10x50 binoculars. I can confirm I saw its tail also. I thought I might be seeing things but averted vision confirmed it.

We finally had a beautiful clear night here in BNE last night - first night in 4 weeks really, and of course issues with balance and power supply .

But managed to fix it and drift align fairly well - took some images at 47x (9.25" @ f/10), right up to the light pollution limit and could only just make out the tail.

After that i piggy backed my camera and 300mm lens, tail quite obvious but alas too much LP and tail too faint for my location and naked eye viewing of the tail.

even with eyepiece in the scope i couldnt make out the tail

[knightrider]

Originally Posted by kkara4

We finally had a beautiful clear night here in BNE last night - first night in 4 weeks really, and of course issues with balance and power supply .

But managed to fix it and drift align fairly well - took some images at 47x (9.25" @ f/10), right up to the light pollution limit and could only just make out the tail.

After that i piggy backed my camera and 300mm lens, tail quite obvious but alas too much LP and tail too faint for my location and naked eye viewing of the tail.

even with eyepiece in the scope i couldnt make out the tail

I could only make out the tail through the binoculars. Although the comet body I could make out with the naked eye.

We however do have relatively dark skies compared to a city