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Photographer

Tom Howells

Location

10 miles west of Vernal UT

Date

8 January 2007 5:51 PM MST

Equipment

Canon 20D 1/13sec, f5.6, 200mm, ISO 800

Description

comet McNaught
 

Photographer

Fabrizio Melandri

E-mail

fabriziomelandri@infinito.it

Location

Cape Town

Date

January 22 - 2007 19.08 UT

Equipment

50mm f/2 lens, exposure 20 sec, film Kodak Elite 100 ISO

Description

A fantastic comet!
 

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Linn Co., Kansas, USA

Date

Feb. 21, 2007, 11:30 UT

Equipment

This is a crop of a much larger 4 minute exposure made with a 50mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6 on Kodak E200 processed normally.

Description

Here is Novae Scorpii 1 and 2, with a highlight to identify them.
 

Photographer

Janus Brink

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Date

17 January 2007

Equipment

2.5s exposure with a Canon 10D at ISO 100. 105mm zoom lens at f/4.5

Description

Comet McNaught setting over Table Mountain with the Cape Town city lights below.
 

Photographer

Ashley Marles

E-mail

ashleymarles@xtra.co.nz

Location

New Brighton Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand

Date

30 Jan 2007 4:08am NZDST

Equipment

Canon 20D, 34mm, f4.5, iso400, expo65sec piggybacked on driven Celestron C8

Description

Comet McNaught now circumpolar, was visible climbing higher in the dawn skies for Southern Hemisphere early risers during late January. Although the twilight and growing moon diminished the previous grandeur of its enormous tail, it was still a very conspicious object in the sky.
 

Photographer

Mendonça jr

E-mail

fotomen@fotomen.com.br

Location

Pousada Cainã PR Brazil

Date

03/02/2007 21h33min

Equipment

CANON 20D lens 15mm F2:8 30seconds ISO 400

Description

The amazing Comet , this night , still visible at naked eye .
 

Photographer

P. Cusinato & A. pocchiesa

E-mail

alex@cortinastelle.it

Location

Table Mountain - Cape Town

Date

2007/01/21 - 20:42 u.t.

Equipment

Canon 350D & Sigma 15 mm f/2,8

Description

Fantastic view of the most spectacular comet. Its tail developed for more 30° in the dark skies!
 

Photographer

Mendonça jr

E-mail

fotomen@fotomen.com.br

Location

Pousada Cainã PR Brazil

Date

03/02/2007 21h22min

Equipment

Eos 20d lens 200mm f2:8 30seconds ISO 1600

Description

Comet mcNaught and an intruder.
 

Photographer

Anthony Cimarelli

Location

Victoria Australia

Date

23/01/2007 22:00

Equipment

Good old 55mm manual SLR, 20sec ISO400, brightness/contrast enhanced and noise reduction applied.

Description

Comet McNaught photo taken from my suburban backyard without the famcy equipment (DSLR, tracking mount etc).
 

Photographer

Janus Brink

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Date

20 January 2007

Equipment

4-second exposures at f/4 with a Canon 10D at ISO200. 28-105mm zoom lens at 38mm.

Description

This composite image was assembled from eight exposures taken 3.5minutes apart as comet McNaught was setting over Cape Town.
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