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Robin Loznak,
Great Falls, Montana.
Jan. 9, 2007 |
#1 |
Amazing view
of the comet over the Rocky Mountain Front near Great Falls.
Photo
details: Nikon
D2Hs, 300 mm lens, 320 ASA, f/4
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Vladimir Zivkovic, Astronomy club Orion,
Dakovo, Croatia
Jan. 9, 2007 |
#1,
#2, #3,
more |
I
was surprised by comet McNaught's brightness! Only two objects
visible in the evening sky were Venus ant this bright comet.
It is a great sight with a naked eyes, but in a 700mm teloescope
it looks gorgeous. It is the most beautiful (and the only)
snowball I saw this winter, cause here in Croatia there's
no snow. Today's temperature was 17oC, while
average for this date is about 0oC or even below...so
no snow these days but this shiny melting dirty ice ball
floating in the universe and making us astronomers very
happy!
Photo
details: Canon
EOS 400D, ISO200, f/5.6, 18-55mm lens @55mm, 6s exposures.
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Chris Cook,
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Jan. 9, 2007 |
#1,
#2, more |
What a beautiful
sight! The comet was easily visible to the naked eye and
even more stunning in 10x50 binoculars. The star like nucleus
glowed with a gold hue as a broad elegant tail extended
over 1 degree. I had ideal weather conditions which enabled
me to view the comet until 5:20pm EST.
Photo
details: 80mm f/6 APO refractor, Canon
20D, ISO 400 or 800., exposures 1/2 to 1 second.
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Stan Richard,
Iowa Public Televison, Johnston,Iowa
Jan. 9, 2007 |
#1,
more |
Captured at
approx. 5:40pm CST
Photo
details: Canon
30D, 70-200mm lens at f/5.6, 1/6 sec at ISO100.
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Islandia Geomatics,
Comet McNaught over Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland.
Jan. 9, 2007 |
#1,
more |
Bessastadir - the residence
of the President of Iceland is also visible at the bottom
of the photo. In the middle there is a small airplane above
the center. The photo is taken from Perlan in Reykjavik,
Iceland. GPS coordinates: N 64.1291°, W 21.9193°
Photo
details: Sony
DSC-H5, 34.9mm, f/3.5, ISO 320, 0.125 s
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Mike Holloway,
Van Buren, AR
Jan. 8, 2007 |
#1 |
RGB images were
added to a Lum. image which had a tree top in it. The sunset
is to the lower left. I used a Tele Vue 127is ref. and ST10
XMEI ccd. All sub images were .02 seconds long
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John Shirley,
Folsom, California
Jan. 9, 2007 |
#1, #2, #3, |
Oh Wow! After
looking across the Hazy Sacramento Valley for three nights,
this was the first time I could see it with my 64 year old
eyes. It was not Hale-Bopp, but just as exciting.
Photo
details: Olympus
300 Evolt, a cheap Sigma
200 mm lens, ISO 200
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Patrick Boomer,
Southwest of Red Deer, Alberta
Jan. 9, 2007 |
#1,
#2 |
The clouds parted
just long enough to snap a few shots just as McNaught peeked
out at 5:10pm local time. Very easy to see with the naked
eye tonight.
Photo
details: Canon
350D, 300mm, 1/2sec, f7.1, iso200.
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Brian Tkachyk,
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Jan. 8, 2007 |
#1 |
Awesome view
with the naked eye, must be geting close to mag. -2!
Photo
details: Canon
20Da, ISO 100, 200mm f3.2, 1 sec.
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more
images: from Deral
Wise of Fairbanks, Alaska; from
Boyd Phillips of Kennebunk Beach, Maine; from
Thad V'Soske of Grand Valley, Colorado; from
Alfredo Garcia Jr of Tucson, Arizona; from
Jeff Berkes of West Chester, Pennsylvania; from
Leon Choin of Wonder Lake, Illinois; from
Scott Weberpal of Janesville, Wisconsin; from
Brian Emfinger of Ozark, Arkansas; from
Darrell Spangler of Drake, Colorado; from
Mark Stauss of Trimble, Missouri; from
Alex Conu of Mihailesti, Romania; from
Tim Printy of Manchester, New Hampshire; from
Edward Knight of Belchertown Mass.; from
John Stetson of Portland, Maine;
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