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20-01-2007, 11:16 PM
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20-01-2007, 11:21 PM
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Na mate, i was up about 80k near echuca at the time, but it was pretty cloudy.. i saw it on the news, it was suppost to be just before sunset and of memory towards the west. it was about..monday or tuesday? but if it was recently lol, wrong comet!
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20-01-2007, 11:34 PM
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Just went out and had a look, maybe I should try when its not raining hey?
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20-01-2007, 11:40 PM
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Might be the remains of a Chinese sattelite...
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20-01-2007, 11:43 PM
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Yeah a guy at work has been talking about it.
I went out for a look yesterday just after the sun had pretty much finished setting and couldnt see it? |
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21-01-2007, 12:00 AM
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Got a really good view of it on Thursday here, the pollution from Sydney was getting blown down south, leaving the CC with a good view of it.
The only cloud in the sky obscured it yesterday for me, so that killed some of the fun
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21-01-2007, 06:38 AM
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let it burn
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McNaughts comet. It was at its most intense last weekend. Western skies. Brighter than Halleys. Just for scale, the tail varies, but can be as long as 3,000,000 km long. No typos.
Still around till roughly 12th February, but dimming from now on. It just swung past the sun, which is why it was so bright. It was discovered by an Aussie too, that would be McNaught. |
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21-01-2007, 08:57 AM
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Has anyone in Vic managed to see it, or have any idea where one should be looking?
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21-01-2007, 09:26 AM
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21-01-2007, 04:09 PM
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let it burn
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It was actually visible on the 13th in broad daylight. As it loses brightness, obviously its better to see it later. We are passed the optimum time now, so after dark it should still be visible with the naked eye, or better with binoculars or decent zoom camera. |
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22-01-2007, 10:49 PM
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does any one know how big the thing is
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22-01-2007, 11:14 PM
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Looked quite small to me. could only just see it. ;)
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23-01-2007, 12:14 AM
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Could see it easy in Melbourne about 2 hours ago (10 pm Monday night), though I havent been outside since
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23-01-2007, 12:20 AM
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I saw it 2 days ago.It looked like a helicopter in the sun then it dissappered
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23-01-2007, 12:21 AM
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Seen it tonight and last night here in tassie.
I'd forgotten about it last night till I was driving home frm work at 10pm and mistook it for a chopper with a search light lol. Pretty bright in the sky here, tried to grab a photo tonight but the street lights were throwin out the light balance on my camera. Going to do a run out the highway (pitch black) tomorrow night and try again. |
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23-01-2007, 12:23 AM
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Saw it near the horizon, mum was excited and decided to drag me out to see it. Not sure if it's the same one but it had a greeny hue to it, the street lights and lights from the Monash Fwy made it harder to see.
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23-01-2007, 12:29 AM
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saw it earlier this evening(monday) from the ballarat regional area. noticed it around dusk, good viewing for a couple of hours. wish i had a decent camera to get some good pics, like the ones at top of thread.thanks HOON69.
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23-01-2007, 11:05 AM
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Ahh, so that is what it was that i saw in the sky last night! When i first saw it i thought it may be a plane light but then i thought nope thats way to big to be a plane light.
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23-01-2007, 11:11 AM
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I was flying from Sydney to Perth the other night and as we were over the Australian Bite, they paused all the in flight entertainment and told us to look out to the left and see McNaughts Comet.
It Looks spectacular when you're 10,000M up in the sky in the pitch black I had a window seat and couldnt take my eyes off it for an hour...something kind of eery about seeing something like that in the sky
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23-01-2007, 02:54 PM
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I saw one a couple of days ago going WSW
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23-01-2007, 03:32 PM
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Saw it nice and clear last night(Monday night) here in Adelaide.
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23-01-2007, 03:34 PM
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Also seen nice and clear last night in Echuca
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23-01-2007, 04:40 PM
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yep saw it from the hunter valley looking southwards on friday night about 9.30pm it looked massive ,i actually first thought that the comet tail was smoke coming from a nearby aluminium smelters chimneys
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23-01-2007, 04:56 PM
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I too seen it for the 1st time last night in melb without looking for it; it was so clear/bright it looked like a huge spotlight coming from nothing in the sky lol..
Good to see it at least once I guess |
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23-01-2007, 05:30 PM
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Mananged to spot it last saturday nit approx 9pm.... Being away from the city lights made it brighter than usual... Well worth seeing.
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23-01-2007, 05:36 PM
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I saw it last night. It wasn't as bright as in those photos but it was still visible
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23-01-2007, 05:36 PM
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Yeah saw it last week (Wednesday) and the best part is it was while at the Motorplex.Bit of star watching and drag racing, nice combo.
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23-01-2007, 06:37 PM
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Was watching it last night from the Adelaide hills, could see it quite clearly.
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23-01-2007, 06:44 PM
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What's green is gold
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i saw it last night aswell, my mates neighbours walked out onto their balcony whilst i was relieving myself and go "hey, look at that" haha
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23-01-2007, 07:02 PM
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Took some photos of it here in Albany a few nights ago... pretty cool :P
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comet in the sky anyone see it?
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