Posted on 01/11/2007 9:52:17 AM PST by Orlando
"If you live in the Northern hemisphere, this evening is your best remaining opportunity to catch Comet McNaught in its full glory. The comet is sinking rapidly from one evening to the next, but it's also getting brighter.."
(Excerpt) Read more at skytonight.com ...
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/brightest.html
Also for more informations & SOHO viewing tonight and Friday check out:
http://www.spaceweather.com
Check out this very cool image from Duluth, Minnesota.
FANTASTIC !!!
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/includes/full_photo.cfm?id=6239
My state MUFON director called my attention to this comet just today. I'm taking my MOHO out to view the phenomenon from Roan Mountain tonight!
Very cool!
Saw it last night during my drive home, right after dusk. The photo you posted is precisely what I saw last evening. Very cool.
Cool photo. Wonder what my chances of seeing it here in Illinois are.
Here's the NASA/JPL (Orbit diagrams):
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?name=c/2006+P1
Magnitudes Graph with other data(last updated on 10 Jan 07)
it's @ -2.2 MAG on chart.
http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2006P1/2006P1.html
Alot of COOL images from Oslo Norway.
Credit to Hakon Dahle (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo Norway)
http://folk.uio.no/hdahle/C2006P1.html
It's too cloudy here right now...oh yeah, it's also daytime...
Thanks for the post. I was out walking my dog and stargazing last night. Didn't know there was a comet up, but will try tonight. I'm on the west coast in the great white north and had a beautiful, clear sky, and no storm, for the first time in months it seems.
Astronomy can be such a beautiful thing.
Later tonight, or early Friday will be crossing in front of SOHO ?
http://lasco-www.nrl.navy.mil/cgi-bin/latest_img.cgi?c3+gifs
and fun too
Thank You.
Darn... the one time it decides to rain in southern california... :( maybe it will clear up so we can see it too.
My friend in Point Barrow, Alaska, has been emailing me for a couple of days telling me about seeing it.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 01/.05/06 | Michael Jager and Gerald Rhemann
Posted on 01/05/2007 10:28:17 PM EST by sig226
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1763227/posts
Comet McNaught brightest in decades
Sky and Telescope | 1/8/07 | Tony Flanders
Posted on 01/10/2007 4:39:11 AM EST by sig226
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1765138/posts
Bush's Speech and Celestial Omens: Comet McNaught:
Brightest Comet in 30 Years On Tonight
National Ledger and Astrology Weekly | Jan 10, 2007
Gene Byrd & Astrology Weekly
Posted on 01/10/2007 7:34:14 PM EST by rface
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765589/posts
similar event:
Comet Plunges into the Sun
Space.com | Mon Nov 6, 5:00 PM ET | Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 11/08/2006 11:08:17 AM EST by Redcitizen
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734845/posts
Ugh. Bearded star bad omen. Ugh.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.