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Summary: Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) swung by the sun on Jan 12th - 14th, and now it is emerging into the skies of the southern hemisphere. During its close encounter with the sun, McNaught became a naked-eye object in broad daylight. See pages 7 and 8 of the gallery to view many blue-sky photos of the comet. [ephemeris] [3D orbit] [bright comets in history]

 
  Photographer, Location Images Comments

Michal Kaluzny,
Poland, Leszno
Jan. 10, 2007
#1

I took this photo today at 5 pm local time--just after the sunset. The comet is fabulous. It is very bright and beautiful. I took several photos, and on one of them I managed to photograph a flock birds.

Photo details: Celestron ED80 and a Canon 300D.


Calvin Hall,
Anchorage, AK
Jan. 9, 2007
#1, #2, #3

Amazing comet. This is about the 6th comet I have photographed, including Hale Bopp, and the brightness is amazing. Hope the Alaska weather cooperates so I can keep shooting it.


Sal Viviano,
Washington, Michigan
Jan. 10, 2007
#1, #2

After receiving the Space Weather Alert on my cell phone, I headed out to the highest point in Macomb County Michigan, the hill at Stony Creek Metro Park. The clouds were threatening but I chose to wait and was rewarded with beautiful but brief views of the comet.


David Layland,
Near Ticknall, Derbys, England.
Jan. 10, 2007
#1

Almost as bright as Venus, but not quite. Clearly visible to the naked eye, and in the twilight a truly stunning sight.

Photo details: Panasonic FZ7, full zoom, 80 ASA, full aperture, 1/2s exposure auto-bracketed to +/- 2/3rd stop.


Giuseppe Menardi,
Mont Lagazuoi (2.800 mt)
Jan. 10, 2007
#1, more

The comet is very bright (visual magnitude -3) with a 4-degree long tail.

Photo details: Canon EOS D60, 200 mm lens, f/3.5, 200 ISO, 1/80 sec.


Bob King,
Duluth, Minn.
Jan. 9, 2007
#1

The comet shown a beautiful orange in twilight shortly before it set above Spirit Mountain in Duluth, Minn., where you can see the ski runs lit for nighttime skiing. What a fantastic view!

Photo details: Canon Mark II plus the equivalent of a 540mm telephoto lens at ISO 200.


William Coyle,
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jan. 10, 2007
#1, #2

Photo details: Nikon D200, Nikon 80-200mm lens, f2.8, 100 ISO, 1/15 exposure


Click to find the comet to the left
of the Statue of Liberty.

James Shanks,
Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Jan. 10, 2007
#1, #2

Views of Comet McNaught over New York Harbor.

Photo details: Canon 5D, 100-300mm lens @ 800 ISO.


Ivan Jelisavcic,
Obrenovac, Serbia
Jan. 10, 2007
#1

Comet is brilliant and dominating the western skies, but in this latitude (44 deg. N) we now only have about twenty minutes before it sets. This photo taken at 17:00 local time creates the illusion that it is going to crash into a radio antenna at the city outskirts.

Photo details: Nikon D70, 500mm Reflex f/8 lens, ISO 400, 1 sec exposure


Joni Virtanen,
Kokkola, Finland, Europe
Jan. 10, 2007
#1

Photo details: Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 17-70mm lens, f:2.8-4.5

more images: from James Wagner of Vineland, Ontario, Canada; from Robert B Slobins of Middletown, Delaware; from Chris Cook of Cape Cod, Massachusetts; from Chris Bowman of Louisville, Kentucky; from Rob of Oakland, California; from Gary Soper near Kankakee, Illinois; from John O'Connor of Roanoke, Virginia; from Paul Reed of Hull, East Yokshire, UK; from Duncan Miller of Maisemore, near Gloucester, UK; from John Solodar of St. Charles, MO; from Elias Bonaros and Barbara Rzeszutek of Glen Cove, New York; from Charlie Kiesel of Haubstadt, Indiana; from Al Dugan of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; from Carol Lakomiak of Tomahawk, Wisconsin; from Zhiqi Wen of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; from Charles Tilley of Statesville, North Carolina; from Michael McCulloch of Knoxville, TN; from David Strange of Branscombe, Devon, UK.