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Photographer

rob dridan

Location

naracoorte south australia

Date

24/1/07 2105 hrs

Equipment

canon 1ds mkII EF70-200 f2.8 lens, manfrotto tripod. 30 sec exposure ISO 1000

Description

McNaughts comet form Naracoorte roadise south east of South Australia. Caught a passing ? satellite near the tail of the comet.
 

Photographer

rob dridan

Location

naracoorte south australia

Date

24/1/07 8.56 pm

Equipment

canon 1ds mkII ef 70-200 f2.8 lens 25 sec at f2.8 iso 500

Description

comet McNaught in the south east of South Australia. lights below are trucks passing on the highway.
 

Photographer

Jim Melka

E-mail

jtmelka@yahoo.com

Location

Weldon Springs Missouri

Date

January 10, 2007 at 5:29pm CST

Equipment

Fixed camera tripod and Canon 20d with 135mm lens

Description

A very reddened Comet McNaught with a tail measured 2 degrees in length. Ten frames combined with Images Plus 2.0.
 

Photographer

Laszlo Kiss

E-mail

laszlo@physics.usyd.edu.au

Location

Katoomba, NSW, Australia

Date

20 Jan. 2007

Equipment

Canon EOS 300D

Description

Comet McNaught in the twillight. In the centre of the image is constellation Grus resembling the northern Cygnus. 6x30 sec exposures at ISO 1600. The farthest points of the tail are about 50 deg from the nucleus.
 

Photographer

Laszlo Kiss

E-mail

laszlo@physics.usyd.edu.au

Location

Katoomba, NSW, Australia

Date

20 Jan. 2007

Equipment

Canon EOS 300D

Description

The coma of Comet McNaught touches the horizon. 4x30 sec exposures at ISO 1600.
 

Photographer

Laszlo Kiss

E-mail

laszlo@physics.usyd.edu.au

Location

Katoomba, NSW, Australia

Date

20 Jan. 2007

Equipment

Canon EOS 300D

Description

The magnificent tail of Comet McNaught with the Small Magellanic Cloud and 47 Tuc in the same field. O
 

Photographer

FABIAN

E-mail

centauri10@hotmail.com

Location

Colonia, Uruguay

Date

21/01/07 - 01:05 gmt

Equipment

Kodak 7130 - f5.3 fP/RS23
 

Photographer

Guilherme Marques

Location

Curitiba-Brazil

Date

Jan, 23 (21h21m local time)

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel on a tripod, f:2.8 F=28mm, 30s single frame ISO400. Color and contrast adjusts, noise reduction.

Description

The beautiful comet McNaught over Caina farm, near Curitiba, Brazil.
 

Photographer

Guilherme Silva

Location

Curitiba, Brazil

Date

Jan 20, 2007. 21:33 local time

Equipment

Canon EOS 300D, ISO 200, 77s, Av 2.8, F=28mm.

Description

Comet McNaught and it's impressive tail.
 

Photographer

Pavel Zemtsov

E-mail

pzemtsov@yahoo.com

Location

Cape Town, Signal Hill

Date

Jan 20, 2007, 21:07

Equipment

Canon PowerShot A700, 15s exposure

Description

McNaught comet over Cape Town, with Lion's Head mountain as a background and the Green Point city lights visible.
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