Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
You gotta get up really early though around 3 am. It'll be low in the NE about 20 degrees above the horizon June 12 - 13
To make it easy for you to find I made some star maps using Starry Night Pro
The first step above is June the morning of June 13... The next step is June 18th...
There are some nifty photos available at Sky & Telescope
and Astronomy Magazine
It's just becoming visible to the naked eye now (It's already 2x brighter than predicted) and it's expected to reach a magnitude of about +2 (About the brightness of the pointer stars in the Big Dipper and the bright star Caph in Cassiopeia) Capella in the diagram has a magnitude of -1.8 (It's the third brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere)
Have fun with your binoculars and digital cameras... Comet McNaught promises to be real bright!
This is June 23
and finally June 29
There are some nifty photos available at Sky & Telescope
and Astronomy Magazine
It's just becoming visible to the naked eye now (It's already 2x brighter than predicted) and it's expected to reach a magnitude of about +2 (About the brightness of the pointer stars in the Big Dipper and the bright star Caph in Cassiopeia) Capella in the diagram has a magnitude of -1.8 (It's the third brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere)
Have fun with your binoculars and digital cameras... Comet McNaught promises to be real bright!
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