comet C2009 R1 'McNaught' june 2010

C/2009 R1 ( McNaught )
Discovery Date September 9, 2009 Magnitude 17.3 mag Discoverer R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring)
A fresh comet is swinging through the inner solar system, and it is brightening rapidly as it approaches the sun....
The comet's green atmosphere is larger than the planet Jupiter, while the long willowy ion tail stretches more than a million kilometers through space....
...It is brightening as it approaches Earth for a 1.13 AU close encounter on June 15th and 16th.Mid-June is when Comet McNaught should be most interesting, offering the best compromise between its increasing brightness and its decreasing altitude at the start of dawn. Moreover, the sky will be free of moonlight. The comet is approaching on a hyperbolic orbit, which means that it's making its first trip in from the Oort Cloud. So its brightness is even less predictable than usual. Will it flare unexpectedly or perhaps fizzle right out?
-- peace!

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[afzal470]

want to go on with this comet

[kiuhy8]

@afzal470 i know exactly what you mean :)  thanks

[randelld42]

was this what I saw at 3am this morning?

[kiuhy8]

@randelld42 maybe.. it's due to be visible round about now :)

[JohnKillrory]

people be very smart and try and stay in when you feel inclined to watch like a moth to the blue bug zapper. The Moth to the other Moth, Hey look how pretty the blue light is. Zapzzzz,,,Dumb asshole I told him he says as the Moth fly away.

[kiuhy8]

@JohnKillrory cheers john :)

[illusiondoptik]

I love this song!

[kissychan1101]

Oh, lovely images! And the music it was set to, just beautiful. I wasn't able to see McNaught myself, so these images and information are very welcome. Thanks!

[rustyshackleford1996]

Can I see this comet from my location in Wyoming Valley, PA. If so, where and when do I look?

[ostormbringero]

that fiirst map is what i based my coords on what would its location be on google earth june 21st