Comet McNaught

Bob Townsend

This image of the McNaught Comet was taken on 12 January 2007 shortly after sunset when the comet was at perihelion and about five degrees from the sun. It's a 1/20 second exposure taken through a Celestron 750 mm, F6 telephoto lens with a Canon 350D digital camera on a stationary tripod. The location was near Placerville, California, at an elevation of 760 meters (2,500 feet).

Figure 1. Comet McNaught photographed from Placerville, California. Photograph Bob Townsend.

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