COMET Mc NAUGHT

Ecliptic, Jan 17th 2007

DATA

TYPE:Comet

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

DISTANCE: 0.8258 au

DESCRIPTION

The first photograph of the comet. It was not possible to spot it from my backyard, therfore we took the car with my wife Silvina and daughter Agustina (3) to a place with a west view. We stop in the first exit of the Del Buen Ayre Highway where there was an old bridge with a dead end. Easy place however a bit dangerous cause security reasons.

IMAGE INFORMATION

SKY CONDITIONS: regular

CAMERA: SXV M7 – @f 6.3

FILTERS: None

EXPOSURES: 3 exposure x 1 second.

PROCESSED: Photoshop CS