Possible "Daylight" Comet

[MacSA]

A Very bright comet is currently visible very low in the sky after sunset and after sunrise. For a day or two around the time it makes its closest pass of the Sun it may be visible in broard daylight.

http://skytonight.com/observing/home/5089276.html

Some pics of it: http://www.spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_mcnaught.htm

 

[phungy]

Comet McNaught the Astronaut

Neat! Thanks for sharing!

 

[iSaint]

Very cool! Thanks! Heavens Above doesn't have anything on it.

 

[EGT]

I've been getting up early the past few mornings to try and catch a glimpse of it but poor weather has been making it difficult.

Brings back memories of Halle-bopp a good few years ago! Boy, that was great.

 

[Counterfit]

Brings back memories of Halle-bopp a good few years ago! Boy, that was great.

Yeah, except for the mass suicide.

 

[MacSA]

We can watch it from the SOHO spacecraft too;

http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/index.php?p=latest_news

"The comet will appear in C3 at around 1000UT (0500 EDT) on January 12th (a few hours before perihelion) in the upper-left of the images and travel almost vertically down, exiting C3 in the lower-left at roughly 0300UT on January 16th."

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

 

[Macmaniac]

Yeah I heard about this. I want to discover a comet

 

[MacSA]

Incredible, take a look at some of these images from the southern hemisphere

http://www.spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_mcnaught_page12.htm

 

[iSaint]

Did anyone see it in the Northern Hemisphere? I went out one evening, but even the best location here had trees in the horizon. Plus, there were some thin clouds around the sunset as well.

EDIT: incredible pics

 

[MacSA]

Did anyone see it in the Northern Hemisphere? I went out one evening, but even the best location here had trees in the horizon. Plus, there were some thin clouds around the sunset as well.

EDIT: incredible pics

Yep I saw it about 10 days ago, very easy to see and bright, LOTS of pics from the northern hemisphere.. check out the first 6/7 pages of that link. But people in the southern hemisphere are getting the best view.

The comets head is not visible from the north, but the tail is so long its actually visible in the north from very dark sky sites.

 

[obeygiant]

I wish i could have seen this one. I've been itching to see another since Hale-Bopp. Is there any chance it will be visible in the northern hemisphere again?

 

[Electro Funk]

great pics... wonder if its still visible? may have to go out and take a looksy...