Object Name:   Persistent Tail of Comet McNaught

Observation Info

Imaging Info

- Date/Time:   2007-01-18 / 0038UT

- Camera:   Canon 20D

- Location:   North of Wellington, Colorado

- Scope/Lens:   17mm at F/4

- Limiting Magnitude:

NOTES:

Tail of Comet McNaught remaining in western sky. The streamers look like a faint distant searchlight beam, or aurora. The Zodiacal light is seen in the image.  Delphinus is towards the right margin.

• Paul Robinson in a post to FRAC, reported 2 streamers with unaided eyes from Comet McNaught first on 16-Jan-2007, seen from Flagstaff Rd near Boulder.  This is the following night.
• The brighter streamers showed well in 10x40 binoculars. 
• The area of the tail is about 10 by 15 degrees in the image.
• This image was taken about 1 hour 40 minutes after sunset.