no, either it didnt capture the full tail or its not near its best capture time or its just not a great candidate for astrophotography as its overall too far away or its tail is at a bad angle or something. Comets and thier long tails can be very large angularly if you capture the whole thing. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:36 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Comet McNaught 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
