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January 19th 07, 10:54 PM
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Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught
Herb Schaltegger wrote: At my latitude it was at its best last week but still too low on the horizon as the sky darkened. Now it's already set by sunset. :-( Unfortunately, same here... wait till you see these photos though!: http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/C....rp600x350.jpg http://www.space.com/images/070119_mcnaughts_pic_02.jpg http://www.space.com/images/070119_m...t_lazlo_02.jpg That third one is the tail coming over the horizon from Denver. The view from SOHO was a knockout! Looked like a rocket going by: http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/ If my little hand-driven orrery is correct, the other object with a line through it is Mercury. Pat 
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