January 19, 200719 yr I have just been outside and seen comet mcnaught. It is simply amazing, lighting up a large path through the night size. I am going to drive to a better viewing spot over the next few nights. Here are a few photos and more information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_McNaught The best viewing would probably be from New Zealand, Southern Australia, South Africa and the tip of South America. It is worth the effort.
January 19, 200719 yr Cool, I'm pretty sure I saw it when I was climbing the harbour bridge. :P But it didn't move :(
January 19, 200719 yr I saw it tonight, gonna try and take a photo of it tomoz, it looks really good. I was just talking to hiimben about it on rs lol. "A disbelief in magic can force some poor souls into believing in authority and business"
January 19, 200719 yr Never heard of it... Guess it cant been seen from England? :anxious: Yeah same, never heard of it and I live in england... : ( ~MAK
January 19, 200719 yr I love comets, I wish more were visable from england. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo"
January 19, 200719 yr Well, the far southern hemisphere has there comet, but the far northern hemisphere has something even better, the Aurora Borealis. :D Me doing staff.
January 19, 200719 yr Well, the south has there comet, but the north has something even better, the aurora borealis. :D True but you need to go very far north to see that. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo"
January 19, 200719 yr Well, the south has there comet, but the north has something even better, the aurora borealis. :D True but you need to go very far north to see that. Same to see the comet. Just not quite as far. But I have heard of sightings in Scandinavia (Lapland, Finland to be specific), and that's probably in line with Southern New Zealand. Me doing staff.
January 20, 200719 yr Lol Viktor the comet's a one off, the Aurora isn't, it's a regular thing. (right?...) Heres a photo i took myself, it was really hard to get the settings lol. Ended up being a 20 sec exposure at 800ASA. Don't be fooled by the sky portrayed here, it was black, but because it was a 20 sec exposure it appears lighter. The trees are blury, aswell as the comet because they were moving and it was quite windy, so even with my remote the tripod moved a bit. without further ado: RM "A disbelief in magic can force some poor souls into believing in authority and business"
January 20, 200719 yr Lol Viktor the comet's a one off, the Aurora isn't, it's a regular thing. (right?...) Right, comets occur fairly rarely. They have hugely elliptical orbits travelling very far away from the sun and then coming very close. It's only when they get close (their perihelion) that they are visible. The aurora are incredibly beautiful but also fairly common, simply the collision of charged electrons with other atoms and releasing energy as light. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo"
January 20, 200719 yr I saw the comet when up the Wither Hills last night. It wasn't that bright. Afro
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