Comet McNaught 13 Jan Last Sighting | Tom Mathewson

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Photographer:

Tom Mathewson

Location of Photo:

East bench of Layton, Utah

Date/Time of photo:

13 January 2007, 6:37 pm MST

Equipment:

Nikon D70S camera, Sigma 18-200mm lens, on tripod

Description:

Taken next to "Layton Castle," Layton, Utah, on east bench. Settings:ISO 200, 1/25 second at f/16 aperture. Balanced in Photoshop (levels, curves, noise, dust spots). Cropped to 1/3 size (1/9 original area). First clear night in nearly a week, thus no sighting last few nights. Barely visible. Probably last sighting in North America, except for some lucky souls along the west coast.