Anyone who was around Brisbane today would realise how poor transparency was. But regardless I succeeded in seeing the comet visually around 2:30pm onwards. Quite easy to see and about mag -4, see sketch here:
The 2 points that were noteworthy was how tiny and intense the central condensation was (much smaller and more intense than Venus). Also the pale yellow colour.
I had to build a tube extension about 70cm long to prevent sunlight entering scope tube.
Yes thats pretty much what Ive been seeing with my scope.
Didnt get a chance to image today, it was only visible (through thin cloud) for a short time before it closed right over.
Scott
Hey guys
I dont know if you have checked it out yet but the astro pic of the day site has a beauty captured with a normal digi camera! good news for people like me who dont have SLRs!
First is with uv/ir filter
2nd is though Baader UHCS filter
3rd is Baader narrowband O3
4th is Baader 7Nm Ha filter
Modded 350D camera, 10 inch f5.6 Newtonian
Scott
Great images Scott and Terry and others. I tried today but to much smoke and haze. I put a 58mm Hutech LPR filter on the small hole on the endcap of the 100ED. This was mounted on an extension to the dewcap of the 100ED.
The good thing about this is that IR is blocked by the LPR filter so minimises cooking of expensive bits. Even when I inadvertently got directly onto the Sun no problems and could see quite a bright image of the blue hazy sky and clouds in the 5DH viewfinder.
Thanks for all the daylight images. My mind is still trying to get used to the idea of imaging comets during the day.
I suppose next it will be super nova during the day (if we get one bright enough).
Despite cloud/haze all day the comet was visible on 2 occassions including the grand finale at sunset (and photographically on 2 other occassions). I did not get to see the comet after sunset as cloud interfered but it was plainly visible in 15x70 binoculars about 15-30 minutes before even though it was shining through distant high cloud that was illuminated by the sun! I could never imagine seeing a comet under such conditions, but there it was tail and all!
Anyway, I quickly made a handheld shot with 200mm lens and 350D showing the sun and comet in the same field. I had to wind contrast up a lot to make the comet visible due to all the high cloud. Sorry its not much but at least it shows the comet (just):
Any more Images, after the Sun has set ?
Already one in a separate thread !
Plus the one here from Terry (good effort Terry)
Come on, we need some shots for spaceweather, so we can show our northern hemisphere cousins just how good Mcnaught is "down Under"
I want to see them too, all cloud & rain here in the tropics
well we had very very testing condition in Newcastle, including a fire that started just before sunset. here are the canon shots with 200mm first then the pentax *istDS with 50-500mm lens. Ok last two show the comet, but I suppost it was a spectacular but annoying backdrop
I wonder how Scotts turned out.
