Cosmic!!!
The brightest comet in decades is unexpectedly now visible. The most optimistic predictions have Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) shortly becoming one of the brightest comets of the past century. For the next few days, its short tail and bright coma can be spotted with the unaided eye close to the Sun and near the horizon in both evening and morning skies.
This dramatic picture of the comet shining through cloudy skies was taken near sunset on January 7 from Bad Mergentheim, Germany:
R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring Observatory, Australia) discovered the comet on August 7, 2006.
Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann obtained this image of Comet McNaught on January 5, 2007:
I'm hoping to see it for myself, soon...
This dramatic picture of the comet shining through cloudy skies was taken near sunset on January 7 from Bad Mergentheim, Germany:
R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring Observatory, Australia) discovered the comet on August 7, 2006.
Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann obtained this image of Comet McNaught on January 5, 2007:
I'm hoping to see it for myself, soon...
posted by camojack | 01:05
10 Comments:
Very cool! I'll look for it too. I'm always up for the dawn and have a pretty unobstructed view of the eastern horizon.
MargeinMI:
I'm wishing I could remember where my binoculars are...maybe they're on the boat.
Anyway, viewing instructions can be found HERE...
Thanks...
I bookmarked "Astronomy Picture of the Day" to my favs...
Well, I couldn't find my binocs out in das boot, but the Eastern horizon hereabouts was obscured by clouds anyway. I'll try again after sunset to the West...where there's a wider vista from "La Casa de Camo".
(My rambling estate)
JR:
You're quite welcome; it is a pretty cool website, IM[NS]HO...
When does it hit Earth?
KJ:
In the year 2525... :-)
Cool!! And, I KNOW where my binoculars are!! :-)
'da Bunny:
I tried after sunset, but the view was obscured by clouds again.
(Had binocs, tho'...)
Kajun:
Those Ford Falcons were pretty durable cars.
Comet, of course, is also a cleaning product...
ELEVENTEEN!!!
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