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Thread ID: 75920 2007-01-14 20:04:00 Comet McNaught Trev (427) PC World Chat
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515997 2007-01-19 20:46:00 I think by 10pm it would of almost been on the horizon or below it. Yes Dan's photo's show it about right apart from the movement of the camera. I would suggest Dan that you use a tripod so you don't get any camera movement and also try differant shutter speends up to 1/30 th of a second, any more than that you well pick up the movement of the earth.

Will do so tonight. We are also getting a professional photographer (friend) up tonight, to take some photos :D
Dannz (1668)
515998 2007-01-19 21:51:00 It is still cloudy down here so it looks like I'm never going to get a peek at this comet. :(

Your not the only one FoxyMX ;)
stu161204 (123)
515999 2007-01-19 22:34:00 Not a cloud in the sky here.... Dannz (1668)
516000 2007-01-20 07:31:00 Unfortunatly its raining here, ill need a miracle to get it to go away. absolutly no chance of seeing it tonight :groan:

hopefully its still around tomorrow night and the bad weather holds back.

:D
Chrisn (9819)
516001 2007-01-21 09:42:00 It was absolutly awesome tonight, the tail was more bright and much longer, about 3 times longer than other nights . and also visible for about 2 hours! . :horrified :stare: :cool: :thumbs:

unfortunatly, my pics didnt come out very well, but i am DEFINITLY getting a tripod tomorrow . and will turn the exposure time up on my camera to collect more light . and it wont move as well . :D
Chrisn (9819)
516002 2007-01-21 09:43:00 Lucky you, too many clouds before. DAMMIT! bob_doe_nz (92)
516003 2007-01-21 09:47:00 Lucky you, too many clouds before. DAMMIT!

it looks like Auckland is not meant to see it :p
stu161204 (123)
516004 2007-01-21 15:42:00 I saw it two nights ago, I just about crashed my car as I turned down a road and right in the middle of the sky was this rather huge comet..... almost did a "where's Bruce Willis and the drill crew?" rant, then remembered seeing it on the news... rob_on_guitar (4196)
516005 2007-01-21 19:30:00 I think by 10pm it would of almost been on the horizon or below it . . . . brighter to you Steve is that you were in the country while we have to contend with city lights . And if it was the comet you saw it would of been on the south western horizon .

Hi Trevor . It was definitely not on the horizon . . . or below it!!! :lol:

If you stretch your arm out straight and do a thumbs up :thumbs: the comet was above the thumb - yes, surprisingly high for that time of night . Sure, being in the country allowed the comet to appear brighter, in fact the head of the comet was sort of firey orange, so I can understand why some people thought it was a plane or satellite burning up .

I have a tripod but my wife has the good digital camera (manual settings, we also have a Kodak but auto only) in London at the moment so when she returns on Wednesday I'll drive out on that rural road again . Will try to get a friend to come with me as his digcam has 10 or 12x zoom whereas mine is only 3x .
Strommer (42)
516006 2007-01-22 14:01:00 Great show in Christchurch tonight
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Rob99 (151)
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