Comet McNaught - Wikipedia
WEBComet McNaught, also known as the Great Comet of 2007 and given the designation C/2006 P1, is a non-periodic comet discovered on 7 August 2006 by British-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. [5]
The shocking size of Comet McNaught | Astronomy.com
WEBApr 13, 2010 · In January and February 2007, Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught became the brightest comet visible from Earth for 40 years. Serendipitously, Ulysses made an unexpected crossing of Comet McNaught’s...
C/2009 R1 (McNaught) - Wikipedia
WEBC/2009 R1 (McNaught), one of more than fifty comets known as Comet McNaught, [4] is a non-periodic comet discovered by British-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught on September 9, 2009, using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. [5]
C/2006 P1 (McNaught) - Cometography
WEBR. H. McNaught (Siding Spring Observatory, Australia) discovered this comet on CCD images obtained with the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope on 2006 August 7.51. The images had been obtained as part of the Siding Spring Survey.
"Biggest" Comet Measured - National Geographic
WEBApr 13, 2010 · In January 2007 people around the world watched comet McNaught streak across the sky. It was the brightest comet seen since 1965 and, in some places, was visible to the naked eye in broad...
APOD: 2007 January 22 - The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught
WEBThe Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught. Credit & Copyright: Explanation: Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has grown a long and filamentary tail. The spectacular tail spreads across the sky and is visible to Southern …
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) - Wikipedia
WEBLongitude of. ascending node. 182.483°. Argument of. periapsis. 344.76°. Last perihelion. 13 December 2000. C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) is a near-parabolic long-period comet, discovered by Robert McNaught and Malcolm Hartley at …
The shocking size of Comet McNaught - astronomynow.com
WEBIn early 2007 Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught became the brightest comet visible from Earth for 40 years, and now, according to new data, is also the largest comet measured to date. Instead of using a standard method of measuring the length of the comet’s tail to determine its size, a group lead by Geraint Jones of UCL’s Mullard Space Science ...
When is the next great comet? | Space | EarthSky
WEBJul 7, 2020 · The last two great comets – which were McNaught in 2007 and Lovejoy in 2011 – were mainly seen under Southern Hemisphere skies. Not since Hale-Bopp in 1996-97 has the Northern Hemisphere seen a...
APOD: 2013 November 17 - The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught
WEBNov 17, 2013 · Explanation: Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, grew a spectacularly long and filamentary tail. The magnificent tail spread across the sky and was visible for several days to Southern Hemisphere observers just after sunset.
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