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#146583 01/24/07 02:26 PM
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I wonder who on this forum have seen the Comet Mcnaught which has been visible for the last week or so in the Southern hemisphere.

I saw it vaguely while upnorth in Tutakaka viewing towards Whangarei in S.W. sky, although a thin cloudfilm obscured a good view from the tail.

Auckland has been cloudy the last week with humid weather and no sign of it.

I wonder if Trumpy (Mike) or Kiwi may have seen it from the South Island.


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#146584 01/24/07 05:49 PM
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Saw it last week at sunset and Monday night at about 9:15 SA time from Whyalla Sth Aust. it was better than hayleys comet with a huge white tail. The best thing i have ever seen in the sky.

#146585 01/25/07 11:15 AM
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Missed it, since at that time I was inside somewhere because of job... :~(


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#146586 01/25/07 04:08 PM
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This is supposed to be the best week for viewing.
Unfortunately Auckland is still covered in clouds with no sign of clearing yet.
Forecast is rain for the weekend. Yak.
25°C 85%.


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#146587 01/25/07 10:47 PM
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I missed it here. The night it was supposed to pass was foggy as heck.

#146588 01/27/07 06:32 AM
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Gidday there Ray,
We saw it here in Ashburton on Tuesday night.
Was really clear to the naked eye.
I went and saw an astronomer friend of mine and had a good look at it through a telescope.
Nothing short of amazing!.
Is it considered to be nature responsible if such a thing is out in space?.
Lovely is all I can say. [Linked Image]

#146589 02/21/07 07:54 AM
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Wow, Mike, you are really lucky to saw that. They say it was the most beautiful comet since several hundred years. It was hardly visible from here, cause it was near to the Sun and visible only at evening, on the horizon, which is in a city out of sight.
I wanted to go up somewhere, but one evening I was at the dentist at that time, otherwise it would take two hours to clime up any hills in the neighborhood to see it...
Still I feel sorry for not seeing that.

In the news I`ve read it few days before it appeared, but they said it will be nothing special, hardly visible, etc.

Well, well...


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#146590 02/21/07 07:30 PM
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Actually Gloria,
This is the second comet I've seen.
We got to see Halley's Comet here in 1986.
Oddly enough, at the time that the comet was due to pass NZ, we had a huge flood in South Canterbury.
What was it they said back in the Middle Ages about comets bringing widespread destruction?.
As we all know, comets are the work of the Devil!. [Linked Image]

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