McNaught Now Brightest Comet in Decades
影像版權與提供: Jens Hackmann
Copyright © 2007 by Emmanuël Jehin (Paranal Observatory, Chile)
Explanation:
The brightest comet in decades is unexpectedly now visible. The most optimistic predictions have Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) shortly becoming one of the brightest comets of the past century. For the next few days, its short tail and bright coma can be spotted with the unaided eye close to the Sun and near the horizon in both evening and morning skies. This dramatic picture of the comet shining through cloudy skies was taken near sunset on January 7 from Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
說明:
近十年來最亮的彗星現在已經可以看到了。最樂觀的預估下，麥克諾特彗星 (Comet McNaught, C/2006 P1) 不久後就會成為本世紀最亮的彗星之一。在接下來的幾天，用肉眼就可以在太陽附近，黃昏或是凌晨靠近地平線的地方，看到它短短的彗尾和明亮的彗髮。這幅彗星在多雲的天空中閃耀的影像是在元月7日黃昏時，在德國的巴特梅根特海姆 (Bad Mergentheim) 所拍攝到的。
資料來源: Scientific American
cometography
Department of Physics, NCKU
