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Comet McNaught visible!
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11-01-2007 12:10 Dagor | 
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| Comet 2006 P1 (McNaught)
Further to BAA e-bulletin 262 this comet is now a spectacular object in the early evening twilight. Denis Buczynski reports that he saw the comet on 9th January from a site north of Inverness. In the evening twilight he estimated that the comet was as bright as Jupiter and a tail of several degrees was visible with the naked eye.
Over the next few nights the comet will be best seen in the evening sky. You will need a clear western horizon and should start looking as soon as the Sun sets. The comet should be obvious at an azimuth of around 240 degrees and the tail will be pointing almost straight up from the horizon. The comet is also visible in the morning sky at an azimuth of around 110 degrees around 30 mins before sunrise but circumstances are not as good as in the evening.
By perihelion on January 12th the comet could be brighter than Venus. It has been seen through gaps in the cloud so make an effort even if the weather prospects look poor. This is a rare opportunity to see a very bright comet.
And a pic
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11-01-2007 13:53 Barakine | 
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| Oh fun! Hopefully I'll get to see it! *can't wait* | | 11-01-2007 14:23 supasweetgirl | 
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| Wow ! It's really interesting !
It's a stupid question :- Could it be seen from any part of the world ? | | 11-01-2007 14:25 Pandora | 
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| oh wow .. that's really pretty.
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tabitha | | 11-01-2007 14:27 Pandora |
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| pretty much? if the weather is right... this is a view of it from Montana
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tabitha | | 11-01-2007 15:07 Dagor |
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| It can only be seen from the northern hemisphere .. but yeah, all you need is a good view on the horizon in the west-southwest. | | 12-01-2007 03:02 LinkinLawg |
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| cool. I will have to look for it. It looks like it would be a really nice view. |
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