Photographer

John Corley

Location

Harbottle, Northumberland. U.K.

Date

10/1/2007 16.49 U.T.

Equipment

Canon 10d, canon 80-200mm zoom lens, fixed tripod

Description

Comet McNaught, two minutes after peeking through the clouds and two minutes before setting over Harbottle Crags.

Photographer

Gregg Ruppel

Location

Ellisville, MO

Date

1/10/2007 1735

Equipment

Toucam Pro coupled to an 85-205 zoom lens mounted on a tripod

Description

Comet McNaught in the evening sky 1/10/2007

Photographer

marco fulle

Location

Passo Brocon, Trento, Italy

Date

10 Jan 2007 16.28UT

Equipment

FujiS3 @ 400ISO f=300mm f/4 @ f/5.6 stack of 4 exp 0.5 sec each. Field of the image 2.5 x 2 degrees.

Description

Comet McNaught setting above fog layers covering all Pianura Padana, as seen from Dolomite Passo Brocon (Trento, Italy)

Photographer

Ivan Jelisavcic

Location

Obrenovac, Serbia (44°40′N 20°13′E)

Date

10 January 2007 17:00 local time (GMT+1)

Equipment

Nikon D70 camera with Nikkor 500mm f/8 Reflex lens

Description

Setting comet McNaught in January 10th twilight. In this photo it may seem like it's crashing into a radio antenna at the outskirts of the city.

Photographer

Charles Fulco

Location

Port Chester, New York

Date

10 January 2007/17:13EST

Equipment

Nikon D-100 T-mounted to Meade LX-200(10") telescope, non-driven. Exposure time: 1/4sec.

Description

Coma and tail evident through telescope

Photographer

Charles Fulco

Location

Port Chester, New York

Date

10 January 2007/17:11EST

Equipment

Nikon D-100 Nikkor 300mm lens, f5.6 @1/30sec. ISO 1000 Camera balanced on gate for support

Description

Comet as seen through horizon clouds, evident with naked eye

Photographer

Maynard Pittendreigh

Location

Stone Mountain, Geogia

Date

2006 January 10, 6:19 PM

Equipment

Canon Rebel.

Description

After failing three nights to find Comet McNaught, I climbed Stone Mountain, the largest granite mountain in North America. With a clear and unobstructed view of the Western horizon, I was easily able to see the Comet as it slowly set against the skyline of Atlanta.

Photographer

Arto Oksanen

Location

Muurame, Finland

Date

2007-01-10 14:11 UT

Equipment

Fiju FinePix S7000

Description

Beautiful view in twilight.

Photographer

Rob Philburn

Location

Hyde, Cheshire, UK

Date

10th Jan 2007, 5.10pm local time

Equipment

Kodak DX7440 digital camera, ISO 100, f4.8, 1 sec exposure.

Description

Comet McNaught between clouds over Hyde (Nr Manchester), UK. Through binoculars this truly was a magnificent (almost an understatement!) sight.

Photographer

Mike Lynch

Location

Frankfort, KY USA

Date

1/10/07, 6:05 p.m. EST

Equipment

Celestron NexStar 102 SLT, f/6.47 refractor telescope. Pentax *ist DL DSLR, ASA 400, 1/15th second Older German equatorial mount

Description

Comet McNaught on the best evening we've had to view it. The sky was very clear and the western horizon still had plenty of light from the sunset. But the comet was a beautiful, naked-eye sight; the coma and tail were clearly visible.