McNAUGHT in Buenos Aires

del Buen Ayre Highway, January 17th 2007

Photo selected as "picture of the day" in Anacortes Telescopes wild bird

DATA

TYPE: Comet

VISUAL MAGNITUD: - 0.6 (at the moment of the picture)

DISTANCE: 0.8258 au

DATE: Jan 17th 2007

DESCRIPTION

Taken from from a dead bridge near Del Buen Ayre Highway. My wife Silvina and daughter Agustina (3) joined that afternoon. Agustina first spoted Venus, some minutes before the comet showed up.

INFORMACIÓN DE LA IMAGEN

SKY CONDITIONS: Regular

SCOPE: Synta Achromatic Refractor 70/300

CAMERA: Canon 20 Da

FILTRES: None

EXPOSURES: 5 shots of 1 second each.

PROCESSED: Photoshop CS