Thanks to Jean-Francois @anzere03 for letting me know about the Comet Lovejoy. I managed to capture it (the green blob on the left edge) along with a meteor (faint white line) and the Pleiades (seven sisters). I was pretty thrilled when I realised I had captured it.
@onewing You have mentioned before that David is into the night sky. No stacking Babs, just one lucky shot, lol. ISO 1600 f/2.8 25 seconds at 24mm. Because it was so wide this shot is cropped. I also shot it at 70mm which is really good and almost filled the frame with the seven sisters and the comet. I didn't really need the ISO so high either but that probably helped me capture the meteor. I caught a meteor in another shot too but no clearer than this one.
@onewing Babs, does David post his photos anywhere? I would love to have a look if he does. I really love shooting the night sky too (although I rarely do it) and get such a thrill when I capture things like this even if they're not great shots.
Great capture - couldn't work it out to start with. Then I realised that you are in the southern hemisphere and the comet is to the left (not the right)! Nice green and some tail visible too.
@dorsetsteve I'm glad someone else had to think about it because before I went out I said to my husband " we will see it on the opposite side won't we?" He said he had no idea and so I wasn't really certain where it would be. We're all back to front down here ;)
@bella_ss No he doesn't post anywhere regularly. He belongs to an astronomy group and they share photos between each other. A friend of his has a huge telescope and dome in his garden and they take photos with cameras attached to the telescope. Plus he does photos in our garden too of the night sky and photos with the telescope attached to our telescope too. I think he has a Flickr account, but don't think he has posted anything on there for a while.
He does a lot of astronomical photography