New Green Aussie Comet!

DJ-S1DJ-S1 Registered Users Posts: 2,303 Major grins
edited March 31, 2007 in The Big Picture
A new comet has been discovered by an Aussie from Queensland - it has a greenish cast and is a southern hemisphere object currently. It will swing to the northern hemisphere in April.

It is not a naked-eye object like McNaught was, it is very dim. So why am I talking about it?

Because this is the first comet ever discovered using a digital camera instead of a telescope or binoculars! It was caught with a Canon 350D and a "200mm lens at f/2.8".

Article here.

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2007
    Nice!
    DJ-S1 wrote:
    A new comet has been discovered by an Aussie from Queensland - it has a greenish cast and is a southern hemisphere object currently. It will swing to the northern hemisphere in April.

    It is not a naked-eye object like McNaught was, it is very dim. So why am I talking about it?

    Because this is the first comet ever discovered using a digital camera instead of a telescope or binoculars! It was caught with a Canon 350D and a "200mm lens at f/2.8".

    Article here.

    Great plug for Canon, methinks! lol3.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • fotodojofotodojo Registered Users Posts: 231 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2007
    Canon EOS, it's not just for earth any more.
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