Photographer

Paul H

Location

Auckland New Zealand

Date

18/1/07 10:00pm

Equipment

Canon Eos Digital

Description

Comet McNaught on sunset

Photographer

John Sibley

Location

Whangaparaoa peninsula NZ

Date

18.1.07 9pm

Equipment

Fujifilm S3 Pro, Tamron 28-300 and tripod

Description

Comet McNought caught just after sunset in New Zealand

Photographer

Donald Ensor

Location

Piha (west coast nr Auckland NZ

Date

Jan 18 2007; 20:53

Equipment

Casio EX-Z750 at wide angle, 1 minute exposure. 7 Mb original. The mount was "behind a twig on a dead tree" located along a track above a high cliff over the sea.

Description

I was taken by surprise by this comet; an excellent apparition with interesting tail structure.

Photographer

David Jenkins

Location

Bridgend wales

Date

10th Jan 06

Equipment

Canon 5D 400 mm lens

Description

Comet McNaught.I didn't think it would be visible at all through dreadful british skys, but within 10 mins of sunset it was a fabulous sight. One of those unexpected unforgettable moments.

Photographer

Revere Thomson

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Date

17 Jan 2007 at 21:05

Equipment

Camera; Nikon D70 Lens: Nikkor 70 to 300mm zoom, set at 145mm. On tripod in the street Exposure: 4sec at F5, ISO 200

Description

The photo, taken on 17 Jan 2007 at 21:05, shows comet McNaught setting over the suburbs of Cape town, South Africa. The lights to the left of the comet are those of the TV mast on Constantia mountain. Table Mountain is on the right of the picture. When I first saw the comet at about 8:20 pm (the sun had set about 20min earlier) I thought it was the contrail of an aircraft, as it was so bright and white! The intensity gradually faded as it got closer to the horizon, presumably due to atmospheric extinction associated with inevitable pollution over the city. The photo opportunities however improved as the city lights and comet came closer to each other. To me the comet appeared brighter than any other I have seen, including Halley's etc. (I'm 56yrs old). A number of people in my street joined me with binoculars - all were very excited, and the kids were asking dads all sorts of astronomical questions - nice to see that the comet was providing a good educational opportunity.

Photographer

Chris White

Location

Eden Prarie, MN

Date

5:25 CST

Equipment

Canon Rebel 350D Sigma 70-300mm f5.6 ISO100 Various exposures

Description

I easily spotted the comet in 12x60 binnoculars after the sun was a bit below horizon but, well before the comet was naked eye visible. I very impressive site, I am very happy the clouds were able to clear for a few minutes so I could experience it.

Photographer

M.Gucic & D.Stojakovic

Location

Belgrade, Serbia

Date

09.01.2007.

Equipment

Fuji FinePix S5500

Description

Comet was so bright that you could see it just a few degrees over horizon. Even high polluted Belgrade smoke didn't stop Her to shine so bright..

Photographer

Antonios Pantelidis

Location

Kozani, Greece

Date

January 11, 18:00 local time

Equipment

Nikon D70, Sigma 400mm lens

Description

The comet was spotted only 8 minutes after sunset. It was really impressive with binoculars. Luckily, viewing conditions were perfect here in the northern part of Greece. Solar visitors of this magnitude are always welcome!

Photographer

Marco Fulle

Location

Monte Panarotta (2002m.a.s.l.), Trento, Italy

Date

12 Jan 2007 16h30m UT

Equipment

FujiS3 @ 400ISO f=300mm f/4 @ f/5.6 stack of 4 exposures 1/30 sec each field of image 2.5 x 2 degrees

Description

Thanks to marvellos weather and the height of the isolated peak where we observed in Dolomite Alps, it was possible to see the comet setting at 16.39 UT above 5 arcmin only the geometrical horizon. Spotted before the sunset well before Venus.

Photographer

Arthur Lee

Location

Tracyton, WA

Date

01/11/2007 5:10 PM

Equipment

Canon D20 300mm at 1/60 F3.5 stack of 4 images

Description

Comet setting between trees