The most striking features of this comet are its brightness (apart from the sun and moon, it is the brightest object in the sky) and its size. The tail stretches over 10 degrees across the sky. It is over 30 million kilometres long.This photo was taken with a 38mm lens which illustrates how much of the sky the comet covers. I had to switch to iso 400 to capture the fine striae at the end of the tail so the image is a bit grainy.
Well I hope you all got a chance to see this spectacular sight. It has left the northern hemisphere now but we should be able to see it for a week or so in New Zealand before the moon becomes too bright.
If you do miss out, don't worry you can catch it on its return in the year 87,006.
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