s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

Last night we finally saw comet McNaught. For the last month it seems every night we were either busy, or it was cloudy. Last night we drove up to the beach at Plimmerton (about 20 minutes north), and sat on a bench with our friend Anthony watching the sun set. About 30 minutes after sunset you could see the comet.

A few weeks ago it would have been much brighter, but even so you could still see with the naked eye the bright spot of the core with a long tail trailing out behind it. Best comet I have ever seen. It will apparently fade from sight within the next week or so, as it moves further away from Earth. Once we knew where to look we could see it when we got home, out the bedroom slider even.

This comet was about at the same angle as the southern cross, nearly due south in the sky (maybe 15 degrees west of south).

Now, if comets are supposed to be harbingers of ill-omen, what can we expect to come next?