comet McNaught

If you have watched the morning or evening sky these days, you may have spotted a bright object with a prominent tail - comet McNaught (C/2006 P1)! It was discovered on August 7th, 2006 by the hugely successful comet discoverer Rob McNaught (Siding Spring Survey). At time of discovery, the comet was a very faint object, but the predicted perihelion distance (closest distance to the sun) of just 0.17 astronomical units indicated that the object had the potential to become very bright indeed.
more can be found here:
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/

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