And that's an effective 750mm w/crop factor. Even though it's bright, it's against a bright background, which means the tail dissipates into the relatively high key background quite quickly.
Also problemmatic, at bet observing conditions, it's low in the sky. There's a lot mor atmosphere and haze to shoot through then, as opposed to Hale-Bopp which which was quite high in the spring mid evening sky. Tom C. >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - Comet McNaught >Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:35:56 -0500 > >Um, did you see the posted pics from a 500mm lens? It's tiny in frame. >Paul >On Jan 13, 2007, at 9:25 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > I dont think you need a lens anywhere near that long. Comets > > and their tails are fairly large. I remember getting some > > nice shots of Hale-Bopp (was that the name?) in the late > > 90's with a 200mm F4 lens. > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of > > John Celio > > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:15 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: PESO - Comet McNaught > > > > > > Say, anyone know how much longer the comet will be visible in the > > northern > > hemisphere? I just remembered that I could throw my 2x > > teleconverter on > > my > > K 500mm 4.5 and maybe get a nice snap or two. > > > > Also, what's a good website with info on the comet? > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > -- > > http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
