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  Summary: Comet McNaught swung by the Sun in mid-January 2007. Fierce solar heat turned it into the brightest comet in 40 years; for a few days it was actually visible in broad daylight! When McNaught emerged from the sun's glare into the skies of the Southern Hemisphere, the tail alone stopped traffic and was mistaken for a brush fire, an explosion, a mysterious cloud and probably many other things never reported. For photographers, it was the photo-op of a lifetime. Now Comet NcNaught is receding into the outer solar system never to return -- only the pictures remain. Enjoy the gallery!
 
  Photographer, Location Images Comments


Chris Cook,
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Jan. 11, 2007		 #1, more

The comet was much brighter this evening. I picked it up with my eye only seven minutes after sunset! I'd estimate the magnitude at around -3.0. Truly a view to remember. What an amazing comet!

Photo details: Canon 20D @ ISO 200, 1/40th second exposure and a 80mm f/6 APO refractor.


Jeffrey Berkes,
West Chester, Pa
Jan. 10, 2007		 #1

Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) has become very impressive!!! As each sunset passes it gets brighter and brighter. It's been an inspiring week.


Mila Zinkova,
San Francisco, California, USA
Jan. 11, 2007		 #1, more

I thought that tonight 01/11/06 it would be very hard to see the comet--not so! The comet was easy to find and I watched her for a long time in the company of a hunting hawk.

Photo details: Canon XTI, 300mm lens, exposure 1/13, f5.6, iso100


Tina,
Kangilinnguit, Greenland.
Jan. 11, 2007		 #1

Photo details: Canon Powershot S3


Darrell Oake,
Dartmouth NS, Canada
Jan. 11, 2007		 #1

A young boy looks westward shortly after sunset to take in the Comet McNaught, that is visible low on the horizon, Thursday Jan 11, 2007, Dartmouth Nova Scotia. Photo by Darrell Oake


Maria Toft,
Nuuk, Greenland
Jan. 10, 2007		 #1, more

I took this photo with a Sony CyberShot.


Greg Owen,
Rochester, WA U.S.A.
Jan. 10, 2007		 #1

Comet NcNaught at sunset from my yard in Rochester, WA. Was interesting to see it 'pop' brightly out of the haze of sunset.

Photo details: Canon Digital Rebel XTi and a 300mm lens.


Glen Wurden,
Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Jan. 11, 2007		 #1

Photo details: Nikon D200, f300mm lens, f4 and only 1/80 of a second exposure. Slight haze on the horizon, setting against the Jemez Mountains.


Kevin Martin,
near Bakersfield, California
Jan. 11, 2007		 #1

I just caught Comet McNaught. It's getting very close to the Sun--a treat while driving west.


Matthew Ballou,
Everett, WA
Jan. 11, 2007		 #1

I heard about the comet on the news and stepped out onto my patio to see its brilliance within the twilight glow.

more images: from Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre of Horn Pond, Woburn, Massachusetts; from Arctic Fox of Phoenix, Arizona; from Bill Doms of Buffalo, Minnesota; from Eugene Miller at New York harbor in Brooklyn, New York; from Shelly Weedmark of Watson Lake, Yukon Canada; from Edward Butler of Oxford, UK; from Hossein Haeri Ardekani of Ardekan, Yazd, Iran; from Luis Carreira of Leiria, Portugal; from Casper ter Kuile of Tienhoven, the Netherlands; from Wade B Clark Jr of Mt Vernon, Washington; from Nathan Stam of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.