Brightest comet in DECADES now visible


	Brightest comet in DECADES now visible

bigb0b

1-9-2007 10:43 AM

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1-9-2007 10:49 AM

dorine

Hadn't heard yet. Thanks.

1-9-2007 1:55 PM

ericskiff

That's awesome. I'll take a look tonight and see if I can spot it. Very cool.

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<B> Explanation: </B>
The brightest comet
<A href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/brightest.html">in decades</A>
is unexpectedly
<A href="http://skytonight.com/observing/highlights/5118926.html">now
visible</A>.
The most optimistic predictions have
<A href="http://cometography.com/lcomets/2006p1.html">Comet
McNaught</A> (C/2006 P1) shortly becoming
one of the brightest comets of the past century.
For the next few days, its short tail and bright coma
can be spotted with the unaided eye
<A href="http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/">close to the Sun</A> and
near the horizon in both
<A skymap_north.gif="" http://spaceweather.com/images2007/08jan07="" href="">evening</A> and
<A href="http://spaceweather.com/images2007/08jan07/%0Askymap_north_m.gif">morning</A> skies.
This dramatic
<A href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_mcnaught.htm">picture
of the comet</A> shining through
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070105.html">cloudy skies</A> was
taken near sunset on January 7 from Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
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