Image of Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) taken on January 9th,2007 at Chapin Beach in Dennis,Massachusetts,USA. Comet McNaught,also know as The Great Comet of 2007,is the brightest comet to appear in the sky in since the 1965 comet Ikeya-Seki and is even visible in the daylight. Comet McNaught's magnitude (brightness) has been gauged at minus 5. Venus,the brightest object except the moon,is a magnitude minus 4. Ikeya-Seki shone at magnitude minus 7 | |
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