Astronomy Picture of Day: Comet McNaught Over Catalonia# Astronomy - 天文
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Comet McNaught Over Catalonia
Credit & Copyright: Juan Casado (skylook.net)
Explanation: This past weekend Comet McNaught peaked at a brightness that
surpassed even Venus. Fascinated sky enthusiasts in the Earth's northern
hemisphere were treated to an instantly visible comet head and a faint
elongated tail near sunrise and sunset. Recent brightness estimates had
Comet McNaught brighter than magnitude -5 (minus five) over this past
weekend, making it the brightest comet since Comet Ikeya-Seki in
Credit & Copyright: Juan Casado (skylook.net)
Explanation: This past weekend Comet McNaught peaked at a brightness that
surpassed even Venus. Fascinated sky enthusiasts in the Earth's northern
hemisphere were treated to an instantly visible comet head and a faint
elongated tail near sunrise and sunset. Recent brightness estimates had
Comet McNaught brighter than magnitude -5 (minus five) over this past
weekend, making it the brightest comet since Comet Ikeya-Seki in