Nice image

I am reminded somewhat of Hyutake by it. The problem with this one is that
its so low down, that even with a supposedly clear sky, the inevitable high
level stuff gets bad near the horizon where the comet is.

Kev


"Azz" wrote in message
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After several days of clouds and rain, the forecast for this afternoon
looked promising, I managed to leave work early and be home before 5PM.
I'd got the equipment ready the night before. Initially I couldn't find
the comet as it was hidden by a small cloud on the horizon, after it
appeared I was amazed how much brighter it was compared to when I last saw
it on Saturday night. Easily naked eye in the twilight sky and the tail
was obvious as well. In my 9 x 63 binoculars the tail was about 2.5
degrees long. The image is again with my A2, set at full zoom (200mm) with
a 2 sec exposure at f6.3 and with a polarizing filter, to try and darken
the background a little, but it isn't that successful being so close to
the sun. This is one of the best of the images I took, I set the camera to
full manual and locked the trigger, occasionally adjusting f ratio or
exposure time and took a total of 112 pictures in the 20 minutes or so.

Regards

Azz