I can take pictures of more than bugs, and tonight I not only saw the comet, I got pics! Very happy! And for those interested in more earthy things, I got pics yesterday of a dead galah. Pics below cuts for those interested.
I don't know how visible it will be when I reach Melbourne in Feb, but would be all too happy to take you somewhere out of the city in the hopes of giving you a look at it.
It's not terrible dramatic, but after the damp squib that was Halley's Comet in '86, it's wonderful :)
No luck seeing it from here so far, too much smoke haze and/or clouds, not to mention light pollution. Good shots, have you any close ups, digital or otherwise?
Is it changing course and will 4400 missing Aussies suddenly turn up at Lake Monger? And will they not be able to cope with the changes in society and the fact that Australia lost the Ashes a couple of years ago?
The ones of the comet came out really nice. Which camera are you using?
I haven't been able to get a decent look at the comet due to smoke haze and all the rest, and being a little too busy and stressed to be bothered to take the drive out of the city far enough to *maybe* be able to see it.
I'm using a Canon Powershot S45 digital camera. Most of the pics were taken with a 15 second exposure (its maximum) at 2272 x 1704 pixels. Normal zoom goes up to 3x, digital zoom takes that to 11x, but the drop in quality is seldom worth it.
I'd say pick a day and make a trip to some nice out of the way place with good views to the western horizon where you'd be happy enough just watching the sunset, then if nothing else, at least you've had that :)
It was around 9pm when we saw it and it was clearly visible for about an hour from then.
You lucky bastard ! (I mean that in the nicest possible way, of course) Up here we had continuous cloud while the comet was around. Thanks for the photos, though :-)
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Awesome.
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It's not terrible dramatic, but after the damp squib that was Halley's Comet in '86, it's wonderful :)
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And that John Howard is actually Prime Minister.
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I haven't been able to get a decent look at the comet due to smoke haze and all the rest, and being a little too busy and stressed to be bothered to take the drive out of the city far enough to *maybe* be able to see it.
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:)
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I'd say pick a day and make a trip to some nice out of the way place with good views to the western horizon where you'd be happy enough just watching the sunset, then if nothing else, at least you've had that :)
It was around 9pm when we saw it and it was clearly visible for about an hour from then.
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Up here we had continuous cloud while the comet was around. Thanks for the photos, though :-)