{"id":226,"date":"2006-01-21T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-21T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/01\/21\/comet_c2005_e2\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T23:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T23:27:20","slug":"comet_c2005_e2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/01\/21\/comet_c2005_e2\/","title":{"rendered":"C\/2005 E2 (McNaught) &#8211; January 22, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Note:<\/b> There are many comets with the name &#8220;McNaught&#8221; assigned to them. If you are looking for information on the bright twilight comet visible in January 200<b>7<\/b>, I have an observation and sketches available here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/000634.html\">C\/2006 P1 (McNaught)<\/a>. The observation on this page is for C\/2005 E2 (McNaught) in January 200<b>6<\/b>. For detailed information on the 2007 comet, C\/2006 P1 (McNaught), see also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aerith.net\/comet\/catalog\/2006P1\/2006P1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerith.net<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"javascript:myVoid()\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2006012101A')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2006012101A')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006012101mcnaughtA.jpg\" name=\"img2006012101A\" alt=\"Step 1\" border=\"1\" color=\"FFFFFF\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n<!--\nsetrollover(\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006012101mcnaughtB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- br--><\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over image for labels.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006012101mcnaughtFndr.jpg\" border=\"1\" color=\"ffffff\" align=\"right\">I thought it would be nice to catch this comet from a dark site to help make up for its proximity to the horizon at evening twilight. I didn&#8217;t count on the zodiacal light. It was massive and bright, and the comet was right in the meat of it. I was surprised to see it at all. Star hopping was tough&#8211;lambda aquarii (mag 3.7) was visible naked eye, but Kappa Aquarii (mag 5) was not. Once I got to the correct area, the comet showed up as a very subtle brightening in an already bright field. The core appeared as almost stellar with averted vision. I had to sketch the field and comet quickly to catch it before it sunk behind the hills to the west. As a result, I wasn&#8217;t able to capture a second position to note motion. Bill Ferris took a look and confirmed the observation. The visible width of the coma appeared to be about 3-4 minutes in diameter. The background of the sketch has been lightened to represent the bright sky background.<\/p>\n<table width=\"470\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding-left=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td>C\/2005 E2 (McNaught)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Classification<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Comet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Position*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Aquarius [RA: 22:43:54 \/ Dec: -04:22:27]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size<\/b><\/td>\n<td>3&#8242; (rough estimate)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>January 21, 2006 &#8211; 07:45 PM MST<br \/>\n(January 22, 2006 &#8211; 02:45 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Beaver Creek Trailhead, AZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion SVP 6LT Reflector (150 mm dia.\/1200 mm F\/L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>32 mm (37.5X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Clear, breezy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>3\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Mag 4 NELM in vicinity of Aquarius<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion&#8217;s The Sky Software<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\/2005 E2 (McNaught) 20060122<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,44,45,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comet","category-planetary","category-sg-comet","category-sketch-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2004\/08\/01\/comet_sketches\/","url_meta":{"origin":226,"position":0},"title":"Comet Sketches","author":"jperez1690","date":"August 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Comet Sketches","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gallery&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gallery","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/gallery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2004\/08\/01\/c2006_p1_mcnaug_4\/","url_meta":{"origin":226,"position":1},"title":"C\/2006 P1 (McNaught) Observations","author":"jperez1690","date":"August 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"C\/2006 P1 (McNaught) Observations","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Comet&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Comet","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/comet\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":430,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2004\/08\/01\/binocular_sketc\/","url_meta":{"origin":226,"position":2},"title":"Binocular Sketches","author":"jperez1690","date":"August 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Binocular Sketches","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gallery&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gallery","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/gallery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":312,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2007\/01\/11\/c2006_p1_mcnaug_1\/","url_meta":{"origin":226,"position":3},"title":"C\/2006 P1 (McNaught) &#8211; 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