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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: syhprum on 10/01/2007 19:47:10

Title: Comet
Post by: syhprum on 10/01/2007 19:47:10

A new naked eye comet McNaught should be visable around dawn for the next few days if it survives the trip around the back of the Sun.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070105.html

Title: Comet
Post by: Soul Surfer on 17/01/2007 11:55:34

Here's a picture of comet c/2006 P1 Mc Naught that I took on 10th January 2007 at 17:17

I used a Canon EOS350D camera and a 200mm lens  the exposure was 1/15sec at F 5.6

The image loaded is a small part of the actual picture because of file size restrictions here

The comet was very bright then almost as bright a Venus which was quite near to it in the sky

The picture was taken jost off the A361 near Knowstone at the edge of Exmoor in Devon UK

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Title: Comet
Post by: syhprum on 17/01/2007 12:20:37

Congratulations, I looked out for it but I have mostly a combination of cloud cover and town lights here.
I take it it is now only viewable from the southern hemisphere so I will ask my son in Brisbane to look out for it.