June 15, 2010

New Comet in the sky

Filed under: astro — vik @ 9:41 pm

Comet McNaught named after its discoverer R. H. McNaught, is now visible to the naked eye. It is currently reported to be at magnitude 3 but only 15 degrees over the Eastern horizon around 3 AM in the morning – in the Perseus constellation.

Here is the path of the comet (in PDF too)

Comet McNaught - path

Comet McNaught - path

Below is a picture from the Cometography site-

Comet McNaught - From http://cometography.com/lcomets/2009r1.html

Comet McNaught - From http://cometography.com/lcomets/2009r1.html

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