Comet McNaught

[littleheaven]

Currently gracing our skies is the brightest comet recorded.  A week ago it was visible in broad daylight.  It's fading as it moves away, but is still visible to the naked eye at twilight, and for a while after sunset.  I tried to get a photo but my little digital camera didn't cope.  My sister's, however, did - kind of.  She had to tweak the brightness and contrast, but I thought this effort was pretty good considering she took the shot from her own garden, and there's a good deal of light pollution nearby.

Spot the comet...

It won't be back for another 300,000 years, apparently.  Some lunatic actually worked out how many shopping days that represented. *eyeroll*