The great cometary show

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The extended tail of Comet McNaught seen from Paranal observed in the evening of Jan. 18 2007 when the comet was setting behind the Pacific Ocean. The planet Venus is visible in the lower right of the image. Credit: ESO
The extended tail of Comet McNaught, seen from Paranal, observed in the evening of Jan. 18, 2007, when the comet was setting behind the Pacific Ocean. The planet Venus is visible in the lower right of the image. Credit: ESO

Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, is no more visible for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. It does put an impressive show in the South, however, and observers in Chile, in particular at the Paranal Observatory, were able to capture amazing images, including a display reminiscent of an aurora!


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