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

Alex Conu

Location

Mihailesti, Romania

Date

January 11 2007, 15:40 UT

Equipment

Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 66/400 Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Exposure: 9 x 0.5" at ISO 400 processed in PixInsight and Photoshop

Description

The comet offered a fantastic view. I estimated it to have magnitude -3. The tail was more than 5 degrees in binoculars.

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

Gary W. Kronk

Location

St. Jacob, Illinois

Date

2007 January 10.02

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel 300mm telephoto Camera set at 100ASA and 0.5-second exposure

Description

Comet is just entering the horizon haze about 35 minutes after sunset.

Photographer

Duncan Chesley

Location

Durham, Maine

Date

Jan 9, 2007 5:11 PM

Equipment

Nokon D70, Nikkor 70-200 VR lens, tripod, IR Remote

Description

THis photo shows comet McNaught through sunset haze above a double layer of clouds. The upper layer shows verga - rain that is not reaching the gorund through the very dry air.

Photographer

John Stetson

Location

Falmouth, Maine

Date

Jan. 9, 2006

Equipment

4" refractor, DSLR

Description

... beautiful , bright comet ... nice tail even against a bright background

Photographer

P-M Hedén

Location

Vallentuna, Sweden

Date

2007-01-08 06.30UT

Equipment

300mm objective f/5.6, iso 100, expo: 2s, Canon DSLR on a tripod.

Description

WOW! What a beautiful sight to see Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) shining bright in the sunrise. Easily seen with my naked eyes, a morning to remember.

Photographer

P-M Hedén

Location

Vallentuna, Sweden

Date

January 5, 2006 07:31UT

Equipment

75-300mm zoom lens at 300mm f/5.6, ISO 100, Canon DSLR

Description

What a nice sight it is to see a comet early in the morning. I was lucky that the clouds went away right in time to be able to see and photograph Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1).

Photographer

P-M Hedén

Location

Vallentuna

Date

12/18/2006, 08:15UT

Equipment

75 - 300mm zoom lens @ 300mm, f/5.6. Canon Digital Rebel XT on tripod Iso 100 Expo: 1/90s

Description

A lovely morning with a very thin and beautiful crescent Moon only 77.6 hours before new.

Photographer

Laurent Laveder

Location

Quimper, Bretagne, France

Date

01/06 to 12/06

Equipment

Olympus Camedia 5060 bridge and Canon 350D DSLR + Barlow x2 + Williams Optics Megrez 80/480 on a simple tripod. 1/200 s at 200 ISO. From 20 to 80 pictures stacked for each individual Full Moon.

Description

This composite shows the 12 consecutive Full Moons in 2006. You can easily see two phenomena: - the Moon's libration - the variation in diameter In my website, don't missed the animation (made from those pictures) available in that page: http://www.photoastronomique.net/photo_us.php?nom=0601-0612