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 BRIGHTNESS: - 0.6 (at the moment of the picture)

DISTANCE: 0.8258 au

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. The camera was over the roof of the car.

IMAGE INFORMATION

SKY CONDITIONS: "...dusking"

CAMERA: Canon 20 Da. Over the roof of the car

FILTERS: None

EXPOSURES: 5 pictures of 1 sec each.

PROCESSED: Photoshop CS