Comet McNaught

"Allan Sheppard" wrote in message
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Hi Rob,
Lucky you - good pic.
In Upper Hutt we have had mostly cloudy nights.

This site has some predictions

http://www.rasnz.org.nz/Comets/C2006P1

It might not be high enough yet to see from Upper Hutt. I saw it last night
from the lookout at Titahi Bay. Very cloudy, with the clouds building up,
but just as I was thinking of going home, it appeared in a small gap in the
clouds for about a minute. It looked much brighter than Venus, but I wasn't
able to see the two together, and I had last seen Venus (in another gap in
the clouds) about 20 minutes earlier when the sky had been lighter.


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Apteryx

jmc wrote:

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Wow, that's just great. Unfortunately, we've got a little bit too much
rain here in Central Australia to see the comet, or anything in the sky
at all except water

jmc

Same way it was here in upstate New York, USA. Except we're in the
dead middle of winter, so it's snow. At least a lot of folks with
clear sky were able to get some great shots.