Thanks, Anthony but you know the rules - pics or it didn't happen :-)>.
I may try again in a day or two. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Sun, Dec 25, 2011, at 01:07 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: > Brian, > > I saw the tail in the east at 4am, but I'm on the coast with only > three or 4 blocks of sparse suburban lights before the darkness of the > ocean. Where you're at, with the entire city to your east, you may > have little chance of seeing Lovejoy. > > By 4.45am the approaching dawn had washed out any view of the entire > comet and tail, so I'm hoping for a better view as Lovejoy gets > further from the sun, and rises in a darker sky. > > It's impressively big, but still quite faint in the pre-dawn sky, less > distinct than the Milky Way at present. It seems like a searchlight > beam at a grreat distance. > > regards, Anthony > > "Of what use is lens and light > to those who lack in mind and sight" > (Anon) > > > > > On 25 December 2011 05:48, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well, I tried but it's obvious I need to be up a lot earlier. > > > > At 5 AM, the eastern sky was clear but too bright to make out any deep > > sky objects apart from the two pointers of the Southern Cross. It looks > > as if I need to be up around 3 AM to have any chance of seeing Lovejoy > > (the comet not Peter...). Unfortunately, I don't have an unobstructed > > horizon here so I may be struggling to see it anyway. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
