I stood out the front yard of my house, binoculars in hand.
The stars became visible, one by one.
Then, just when I thought it wasn't going to be visible that night, there it was.
Stone the crows, that thing's huge!!!!!!!
I refer, of course, to the Great Comet of 2007, Comet McNaught.
I was wondering if anyone has the background to tell me why the tail appears to curve? Wouldn't the ejecta (is that what you call the material stripped off a comet?) fly directly away from the Sun?
Photos will be online when I figure the damn things out.
