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C/2006 P1 McNaught

Image taken at Myponga Hill, South Australia

Equipment - Nikon D200 & 24-120 Nikon VR lens at 24mm f3.5 for 42 seconds

Processed in Photoshop 7

Object -This comet was discovered by Robert McNaught 7 August 2006. It was the brightest comet for 40 years at the time and still remains so. It was clearly naked eye to many in the southern hemisphere.