Don't forget these are all time-lapse photos. That last one probably quite long or multi exposure. Everything from the blades of grass to the stars are in motion, so good resolution still won't give a clear crisp picture. :(

By the way, this site has the picture below at 1.12 megs.

There seems to be a series like that last one I put up here. :D

Ohhh I was lucky enough to see McNaught whilst out for a run last nite, seeing as I live in stixville, it was particularly bright.

Might see if I can take the camera tonite and get some pics.

That picture in post 17 is the Earth Science Picture of the Day, today. 11"x17" and 1.3 Mb. ;)

Lots of fun. You boys and girls are lucky.

Seen a few good ones in the last decade or so myself: Hyakutake, the one whose name escapes me that made the close pass near the North Celestial Pole -- at closest approach you could take a look at it in the scope, then look two minutes later and see that it had moved across the starfield, and Hale-Bopp, which looked like a thumb-smear of a painted-on star.

If anyone is interested, there's a large gallery of pictures here. :cool:

I saw it twice last month. The second time I actually took a couple of pictures, but they're... not very good. The comet was heroic though!

hale-bopp had the best name... I always wondered if hanson paid a small fortune to get them to name it for their crappy song :)

Hale-Bopp, which looked like a thumb-smear of a painted-on star.
(now that's a damn cool way to describe it.)