Comet McNaught 2006 P1 Report

Hi,
Comet McNaught C/2006 P1 obsevered low in twilight.
2006 Jan 5 at 17.12 to 17.19 UT.
Magnitude roughly 0.5 to 1.
Short tail visible at PA=20deg.
DC=9.

12x36 binoculars
Clear but a little hazy

Also image taken, see:
irishastrosoc.org/news.htm

John O'Neill

Sorry about the duplicate but the BB was so slow it seemed it had not accepted the submission,

John

Nice catch John, it was cloudy in the south west from here in Kerry .
What exposure and magnification is the image?

Very nice John, that is certainly more visible then I had imagined.
Definitely worth looking for if the sky is clear.!

Good image John. Looks very bright.

Hi,

The image is a detail: about 1/5th of the original width (200mm lens with 350D DSLR).
Shows how small the comet is.

Exposure is 0.25 sec at ISO 400.

Altitude 5 deg.

The farther north you are the better the visibility, but within Ireland the
effect is slight.

Rush, Co Dublin.

John