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Gordon Garradd,
Siding Spring Observatory, NSW, Australia
Jan. 20, 2007 |
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After a week
of bush fire smoke and clouds I had 2 marginal nights from
home, but tonight was almost completely clear at Siding
Spring Observatory and allowed a wonderful view of Comet
McNaught. Discoverer Rob McNaught was taking images of his
comet from right next to me.
Photo
details: Nikon
D200, ISO 100-250
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Emmanuel Jehin,
Paranal Observatory (VLT), Chile
(2500m, Atacama desert)
Jan. 18, 2007 |
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A comet or an
aurora ? That was just incredible ... the show of MacNaught
is way above the Hale-Bopp display in 1997. I dont know
to which comet to compare. Ikeya-Seki (1965), West (1976)
or even the great comet of 1744 ? During nearly one hour
after the comet had disappeared in the Pacific Ocean we
could see the upper part of the tail shining like an aurora.
The structure in the tail is amazing and reflects the activity
of the comet in the past weeks as well as the competion
between solar radiation pressure and gravity on dust particules
of different masses.
Photo
details: Canon
EOS 350D, 35mm
lens, 30 sec exposure, 1600 iso
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Gregory Harris,
Launceston Tasmania Australia
Jan. 21, 2007 |
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Photo
details: #1--Nikon
D40, a Sigma
50-500mm lens @50mm, exposure 30secs at F6.3 and ISO
800. #2--Nikon
D40, a Nikon
18-55mm lens @26mm, exposure 20secs at F4 and ISO 800.
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Steve Wilkinson,
Perth, Western Australia
Jan. 20, 2006 |
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I had been shooting
the comet all week and was looking for something different
so I headed for Hillary's Marina and took the comet behined
the yachts.
Photo
details: Nikon
D70, Nikkor
80-200mm lens, f/2.8, 2sec.
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Mario Todeschini,
Cape Town, South Africa.
Jan. 20, 2007 |
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Photo
details: Canon
EOS 1Ds Mark II, 30 second exposure, f2.8, iso 50, 70mm
lens. time 9:06pm
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David Chandler,
near Mt Disappointment, during the annual ICEINSPACE astrocamp
held at Lostock NSW, Australia.
Jan. 19, 2007 |
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Photo
details: Canon
400D, 2.5sec exposure, F5.6, 800 ISO, 300mm
lens manual focus at 20:01.57h
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Anthony Caffery,
Canberra, Australia
Jan. 21, 2007 |
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Comet McNaught
over Australia's Capital City, Canberra.
Photo
details: Canon
EOS 400D, ISO 400, 13s exposure.
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Steve Crane,
Steenbras River Mouth, Gordons Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Jan. 20, 2007 |
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The tail is
still looking great this evening and the colours seem better.
Photo
details: Canon
EOS 300D, Canon
EF 50mm lens, f/1.8, 62 seconds @ F1.8, ISO100
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Graciela Pierre,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jan. 20, 2007 |
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Photo
details: Nikon
D50, 1600 ISO, 0.77s exposure, Sigma
70-300 mm lens
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Hannes Pieterse,
Bloemfontein, SOuth Africa
Jan. 19, 2007 |
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What a spectacle!
The later it is visible, the more you are capable of capturing
the mammoth tail, stretching way way past Venus.
Photo details: Canon
30D, 17 - 85 mm Canon Zoemlens set on 30mm, f5.6 ISO
800, 30 sec exposure. Closeup photograph was taken with
102 mm Orion maksutov cassegrain telescope and Canon 30D.
Photo time 20:39 local time 80 minutes after sunset.
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Rui Geraldes,
Matola, Mozambique
Jan. 21, 2007 |
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Photo
details: SONY
DSC-H1, 16mm
lens, f/3.5, 10sec, ISO400
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more
images: from
Theresa Clemitson of Sydney, Australia; from
Jose Luis Sanchez of Argentina; from
Steph Bredenhann of Kleinmond, South Africa; from
Rob Glasgow of Safety Bay, Perth WA; from
Eduardo Schaberger of Rafaela-Santa Fe-Argentina; from
Koos van Zyl of Stellenbosch, South Africa; from
Michael White of Kariotahi Beach, Waiuku, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND;
from Simon Bloomer
at Sunset Beach, Cape Town, South Africa; from
Stephen Binks of Perth, Western Australia; from
Jan Safar of Sydney, North Head, Australia; from
Andrew Catsaitis of Lostock, NSW, Australia; from
Peter Enright of Manning Point, northern NSW, Australia; from
Steve Grooby of Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
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