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Best McNaught Image!, Just Amazing
SigurRosFan
post Jan 18 2007, 01:58 PM
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Graham Palmer (New Zealand), Jan 18, 10:36 UT:


And also ...

Kevin Crause (Mossel Bay, South Africa), Jan 17:


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post Jan 18 2007, 02:19 PM
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I saw the first pic this morning in Sky&Telescope.
Edited: Opps, it was a different one, but from New Zealand too.
Really beautiful!

It reminds of a huge spring like the one in Geneve, specially if you crop the bottom of the image including the nucleous.

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post Jan 18 2007, 03:09 PM
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OK, now I have hemisphere envy tongue.gif

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post Jan 18 2007, 03:19 PM
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QUOTE (odave @ Jan 18 2007, 03:09 PM) *
OK, now I have hemisphere envy tongue.gif

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I always have had since I first saw the magnificent southern sky. But what they don't know is that something very nasty is on its way out from the centre of the galaxy to ZAP them all . . . . .
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post Jan 18 2007, 03:26 PM
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That Palmer's image is just.... WOW!
Another OMG moment! Those southerners always get the best shows, best supernovae, etc, etc. biggrin.gif


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post Jan 18 2007, 06:46 PM
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QUOTE (odave @ Jan 18 2007, 03:09 PM) *
OK, now I have hemisphere envy tongue.gif
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I often regret having returned to the northern hemisphere but now I really just hate myself. All I saw was clouds. harrumph.
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post Jan 18 2007, 08:57 PM
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Holy #@%&!

We've been having a bit of evening cloud here in Sydney the last few days so I haven't been out to see it set. The clouds did part for us to get a glimpse of it about 30 minutes after sunset (and 30 before it set) last night at home and I was pleased to see that it is becoming more visible as it gets into darker skies (not fading too fast). But wow! I hadn't expected to see pictures like those. smile.gif

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post Jan 19 2007, 10:37 AM
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Here's another stunning image from New Zealand.

McNaught's tail is extending over 14°!!

Andrew Drawneek, Jan 18, 10:12 UT:


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post Jan 19 2007, 10:41 AM
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QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Jan 19 2007, 11:37 AM) *
Here's another stunning image from New Zealand.
McNaught's tail is extending over 14°!!
Andrew Drawneek, Jan 18, 10:12 UT:

Is that the Southern cross above the nucleus ?


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post Jan 19 2007, 10:44 AM
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According to spaceweather.com, the tail extends so far that it can actually be seen from the northern hemisphere an hour or 2 after sunset in dark skies. A 14 degree long tail... to think we in the north got a measly 1 degree tail is just unfair!

Streamers seen from San Francisco


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post Jan 19 2007, 11:07 AM
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No, that isn't the southern cross. You look over the whole constellation microscope. For example, the bright star on the right is epsilon microscopii.


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post Jan 19 2007, 12:43 PM
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An other picture taken at the Paranal observatory site, from Emmanul Jehin :


I will look for pieces of tails this evening (the sky is clear now...).


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post Jan 19 2007, 03:04 PM
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QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Jan 19 2007, 12:07 PM) *
No, that isn't the southern cross. You look over the whole constellation microscope. For example, the bright star on the right is epsilon microscopii.

Thank you, my souvenirs was that the Southern cross could not be there at sunset at this time of the year + I didn't see Alpha centauri but it looked quite as the SC.
What a comet BTW smile.gif


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post Jan 19 2007, 03:05 PM
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Gorgeous!!!

It seems material is visible over 90 degrees around the sun at least ohmy.gif


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post Jan 19 2007, 03:24 PM
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Very impressive!

I do a quick processing (mask and curve) on the image to show the full extent of the tail.

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