A comet in the sky

[elvenpiratelady]

This is McNaught's comet. It's the brightest comet to appear in Australian skies in forty years. My family went to Heathcote last night to see it in a sky without light polution. I also tried to take pics of stars with Reg, but he's not up to taking pics of sky. Ah, well.

See more pictures of the comet here.



And this is a pic of Venus/Earendil. Anyway, enough stars for tonight.

Comments

[b2wm.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pretty pictures! All the stars in the background of the comet's tail and the silhouettes of the trees against the sun...

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

When I get to see the aurora at some point in my life, I hope it looks something like that. :)

[starsong24.livejournal.com]

Wow.

Pretty comet.

REALLY pretty comet.

Silmaril!

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

Heh. Astronomy is all about the pretty things.

Silmaril! Shiny! < / The Silmarillion in less than 1000 lines > :)