New Images of C/2006 P1 Check out the new images (Jan 18-25) and
(Jan 26-Feb 05) of the comet by Rob McNaught. Posters are
available from several of these images. Images of the comet by
Gordon Garradd appear here. What's all the Fuss About? Every few
years a comet becomes bright enough to be easily seen with the
naked eye but only every decade or so are these comparable with
comets like Halley. The recent observations of C/2006 P1 already
show it to be considerably brighter than Halley and it is likely
to get much brighter still! Pictures like this one from in
Norway on January 8 give a feel for what we might expect in
Australia after the comet swings around the Sun on January 12,
moving into the southern evening sky by January 14. Photo: Hakon
Dahle, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of
Oslo. Discovery of C/2006 P1 C/2006 P1 was a routine discovery
on 2006 Aug 7, with the Uppsala Schmidt telescope at Siding
Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran, N.S.W., Australia. It is
one of 29 comets disc