McNaught is still visible from latitude +51N

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"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:23:58 GMT, Chris L Peterson
wrote:

The comet isn't as bright as it was earlier. It peaked about a week
ago, when it was much nearer the Sun. You can still see it in daylight
with a scope or binoculars, but I doubt you can see it naked eye.

While still quite bright, it is the length, structure, and brightness
of the tail that are making this such a striking object. The tail was
nowhere near as long when this was a northern object.

I doubt whether it's visible in daylight now. I imaged it last Sunday
(14th) and had trouble seeing it and taking the pictures. I couldn't
quite work out why as there were loads of sightings and images on the
13th (when it was cloudy for me!). Looking at the brightness estimates
the comet had dropped by approximately 2 mags from -6 to -4, making it
much harder to pick out. Look for daylight images of the comet and
you'll see loads on the 13th but very few on the 14th. Here's mine...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/..._McNaught-dayl
ight.jpg

The last magnitude estimate I saw for this comet was -1.5 so I think a
daylight sighting would be very difficult indeed!

Even if you could see it in daylight, visibility also depends on
location. If you live anywhere above approximately 45N the comet's
head doesn't pop up above the horizon at any time of the day.

Thanks for all that, folks. So I was probably correct with its location,
was I? It's just not bright enough now. Bummers. I did manage a quick
look at it before it nipped south of the equator, between layers of thin
cloud, but couldn't get a decent photo unfortunately. Oh for a nice
total eclipse....

ally
ally




http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotsh...aught_high.mpg

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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Well part of it at least...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...chrones001.jpg

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...chrones002.jpg
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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Well spotted, and captured (as usual)

Have you sen these: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=comet+mcnaught

(Not mine, sadly)

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Jeff R.