I am really depressed ...

We all have seen brilliant photos of Comet McNaught in First week of Jan. I am really depressed not to see this comet visually. all our attempts to watch comet were unsuccessful due to Hazy and Cloudy Sky in evening, And Now as comet is not visible in Northern Part of Glob; I am depressed even more for being not able to see this comet in it’s full glory..

I hope you too will join list of depressed Amature Astronomers after you see these images of Comet from Southern Hemisphere.

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Robert McNaught:
the Australian who discovered this comet that bears his name, finally got to photograph it this week when it became visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
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Pitt: This photograph was taken at Lake Macquarie on the NSW central coast on Saturday, 20th January using a NIKON 5700. The exposure was 8 seconds, f2.8 set at ISO 400 and with a focal length of 8.9 mm. On a balmy summer evening many interested people stopped to view the cosmic spectacle.
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Peter Terren:
Bunbury AustraliaJan. 22, 2007
The huge fan is visible far more than the naked eye can see in this 3 minute exposure with a Nikon D70s.
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Ashley Marles:
Christchurch, New ZealandJan. 22, 2007
Photo details: Canon 20D, ISO400, lens 24mm, 35mm, and 200mm piggybacked on Celestron C8
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Noel Munford:
Levin, New Zealand overlooking Lake HorowhenuaJan. 17, 2007
Photo details: Fuji S3, 70-200 zoom lens, Meade 1000mm f/10, 800 ISO, 2 sec.
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Graham Palmer:
Hastings New ZealandJan. 18, 2007Comet McNaught simply floored me with its beauty. I just didn't expect to see that. All images shot with a Canon 350D
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Sam Kay:
near Peaks Crossing, SW of Brisbane, AustraliaJan. 20, 2007 : = Red glow on horizon of setting comet tail.
Photo details: Nikon D50, 20sec, f1.8 50mm lens, ISO 1600. Image is about 20 deg wide.

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David Headland:
Oamaru, South Island, New ZealandJan. 22, 2007
Photo details: Canon EOS 20D, 70mm lens,
photo 1: 25s f/2.8 3200ISO
photo 2: 6s f/2.8 1600ISO

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Morton Henderson:
Wangi Wangi, Lake Macquarie, NSW Australia.Jan. 20, 2007
The tail is so big now, it's too big to fit in the field of view, and I left my wide angle at home!
Photo details: Canon EOS 10D, ISO 400, 70mm lens, approx 10 seconds.
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Emmanuel Jehin:
Paranal Observatory (VLT), Chile (2500m, Atacama desert)Jan. 18, 2007
A comet or an aurora ? That was just incredible ... the show of MacNaught is way above the Hale-Bopp display in 1997. I dont know to which comet to compare. Ikeya-Seki (1965), West (1976) or even the great comet of 1744 ? During nearly one hour after the comet had disappeared in the Pacific Ocean we could see the upper part of the tail shining like an aurora. The structure in the tail is amazing and reflects the activity of the comet in the past weeks as well as the competion between solar radiation pressure and gravity on dust particules of different masses.
Photo details: Canon EOS 350D, 35mm lens, 30 sec exposure, 1600 iso
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NOTE: While the comet is in the southern hemisphere, the comet's tail is so long it can be seen half a world away--in the northern hemisphere.

This report comes from Colorado:
Paul Robinson reported spotting the tail on Jan 16 west of Boulder CO. As he described, the multiple streamers looked like faint auroral rays. 10 degrees was the maximum length I saw for the brightest streamer in 10x40 binoculars. Brightest star in the image is Enif, and Delphinus is near the lower right.

Photo details: Canon 20D, ISO 1600, f/4, 17mm lens, 20 seconds. Taken at 0038 UT on Jan 18 2007, 1838 MST on Jan 17.

The tail was visible in binoculars about when Venus set.

Suggestion: Find the darkest western sky you can, and look at latest by an hour after sunset. A site with zodiacal light visible would be best. Cheers, Dan Laszlo, Northern Colorado Astronomical Society.

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HOPE you are depressed too :(