So I went out East in the wee hours of this morning (left home about 1:30 am) to try to get some shots of Comet Lovejoy.
I found 2 spots that gave me a decent view, both within about 10 -15 km this side of York.
The first location gave me a bonus of this (appologies! this is my first attempt at layering multiple frames):
The vertical streak is the tail of Comet Lovejoy, the linear segments are the International Space Station passing through my field of view. What a bonus!
I took the shots as best I could but I wasn't quick enough to be able to capture enough frames to make the ISS's trajectory 1 solid line....Oh well, next time!
Quite happy with the resultant composite of the 4 frames I got....damn it's hard to get a sharp manual focus under zero light conditions!!
I lit the hay crop in the foreground with a hand held led torch just for effect.
From the second location I found, I think this is the best shot I took of the Comet's Tail:
A very dusty Version 6 under the 'Saucepan' at first light:
