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Comet Over Krakow



影像版權與提供: Andrzej Sawow

Explanation:
      Bright Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) graced the twilight, seen by many and often described with superlatives. Watching the skies over Krakow, Poland, Andrzej Sawow recorded this view on Wednesday - with an ordinary handheld digital camera. He notes that "... astronomy is really for everyone who loves to look at the night sky. And fortunately (sometimes) the sky generously rewards its observer". Now very close to the Sun, Comet McNaught (along with Mercury) is visible in realtime images from the SOHO spacecraft. Otherwise, skywatchers will find the comet hard to see this weekend. But southern hemisphere observers could be rewarded next week as Comet McNaught begins to climb higher in southern skies.

說明:
      明亮的彗星麥克諾 (C/2006 P1; McNaught)是黃昏和清晨天空中最優雅的天體，許多親眼目睹的人們都對它推崇不己。常見的數位相機，Andrzej Sawow在波蘭．克拉科夫市 (Krakow)的上空記錄這幅景象。他宣稱 "...星空真得是屬於每個喜歡看夜空的人，而有時候星空很慷慨回饋它的愛好者"。麥克諾彗星 (及水星)現在已經很靠近太陽，在SOHO衛星所回傳的及時影像裡就能看見它們，也因此，在一月的第二的週末，觀星人將很難看見這顆彗星。但是對南半球的觀星人而言，一月第三個星期開始，隨著麥克諾彗星在南半球的星空攀昇，觀賞這顆彗星的好時機就來臨了。

p.s. 日期為 2007/01/11

資料來源: Scientific American
                Department of Physics, NCKU