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We saw Comet McNaught

After thinking we were too late, we caught a glimpse - it is beautiful.

After reading all those articles yesterday and this morning, I got the impression that the comet was really close to the sun and you'd only be able to see it for a few minutes afterwards.

After heading to the coast and getting some good photos (I'll try and post some) of a really nice sunset, it was time to go. We had arrived just after sunset, but more importantly, there were clouds on the horizon - which is why we thought it had gone.

At around 9:20pm, while it was still quite high in the sky, one of our group spotted it.

It really is quite stunning :-)

Certainly, I'll try and see it again over the next few days and probably weeks. It will get feinter, but by then I hope to have seen it many more times.

This weekend, I'm planning on going out to the Wairarapa where it will be a lot darker (no light polution) and hopefully a flatish landscape around me. Should be fun.

Update: 2007-01-17 12:04 - Don has taken a \[p]{great photo of the comet|http://www.gamma.net.nz/?p=309}.
Update: 2007-01-17 23:44 - So it's not really his picture, but it is a great image.

Labels: comet, sunset, space

Inserted: 2007-01-16 23:12 (3 years, 7 months ago)

Comet McNaught Coming to our Skies

The brightest comet for 30 years should be viewable in our evening skies over the next few days.

Here's some pictures from the UK: \[p]{Comet McNaught|http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6251663.stm}

It looks quite stunning.

Here's an explanation of how to find \[p]{Comet McNaught in the New Zealand sky|http://www.carterobservatory.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1095&Itemid=81}, just after sunset.

Update: 2007-01-16 11:36 - Stuff has finally put up \[p]{an article|http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/3929492a11.html}.

Labels: comet, space

Inserted: 2007-01-16 00:20 (3 years, 7 months ago)