Photographer

Steve Brown

Location

Brightlingsea Essex UK

Date

11.1.2007 17:11

Equipment

Canon A610

Description

The clouds and rain cleared for one evening long enough to see Comet McNaught , very impressive.

Photographer

Marco Fulle

Location

Passo del Brocon (1630m.a.s.l., Trento, Italy)

Date

13 Jan 2007 16h15m UT

Equipment

FujiS3 @ 100ISO f=300mm f/4 @ f/5.6 stack of 2 exp 1/30 sec each field of image 1.5 x 1 degrees

Description

Last view of a great comet leaving to the southern hemisphere

Photographer

Kari Tikkanen

Location

Niemiskylä,Kiuruvesi,Finland

Date

11th Jan 2007 at 14:19 UT

Equipment

Olympus C-765 Ultrazoom with tripod

Description

McNaught hung beautifully in evening sky above set sun. Exposure time 1/8 sec with 10xZoom needs quite a good tripod.

Photographer

John Getty

Location

Bozeman, MT

Date

11JAN07 17:30

Equipment

Nikon D70S, Nikkor 70-300MM on a tripod

Description

Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) over the mountains.

Photographer

David Briggs

Location

Clanfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Date

10-Jan-2007 @ 17:23 UT

Equipment

Canon EOS 350D dSLR mounted on a tripod. Sigma 70-200mm zoom lens @ 200mm setting (equivalent to 320mm). ISO 400 and exposure 2 seconds at f/5.6.

Description

Easily the most spectacular comet since Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake, this view is of Comet McNaught C/2006 P1 as seen from the Hampshire Astronomical Groups observatory site at Clanfield in Hampshire, UK. The view is towards Southampton and the comet was less than five degrees above the horizon at the time. The comets magnitude was estimated at -1.5.

Photographer

Dan Kaestner

Location

N. Califorina

Date

1/12/07 5:25:24

Equipment

Canon 20d on tripod 200mm lens

Description

The last of Comet McNaught for the Northern Hemisphere! Now passing around the Sun it will be visable to those located in the Southern Hemisphere. At half the distance from the Sun as Mercury it could very well break up from gravity title forces being excerted.

Photographer

Kari Tikkanen

Location

Kiuruvesi, Finland

Date

12th January 2007 at 11:35 UT

Equipment

Olympus C-765 Ultrazoom with tripod.

Description

Comet was visible in daylight ! We could see it through binoculars. In right box four photos were summed up.

Photographer

Peter Urwin

Location

Edinburgh, Scotland

Date

10th January 2007 16.50

Equipment

Nikon D70, Nikor 70-210mm zoom lens, ISO 200. 1/4 sec @ f5.6

Description

Comet McNaught was a beautiful sight as it appeared out of the sun's twilight glow. Certainly one of the most impressive comets I've ever seen.

Photographer

Krešimir Futivić

Location

Zagreb, CROATIA

Date

11.1.2007.

Equipment

Canon S3IS

Description

Some image processing done in registax (6 images stacked) and neat image for noise removal.

Photographer

Andrea Plano

Location

Donori, Cagliari, Italy

Date

10 Jan 2007 16.20 UT

Equipment

Minolta Dimage 7i @ 400ISO f=135mm f/3.5 stack of 7 exp

Description

Comet McNaught in the evening sky seen from Donori, 250m (Cagliari, Italy)