The most recent photos from the southern hemisphere really made me sit up straight- McNaught bears a striking resemblence to comet West in 1976. Here is a (admittedly mediocre) photo for those who never saw West: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_West Note the similar structure in the tails of the two comets. They also share an exceedingly bright nucleus and coma. The wikipedia article also mentions the visibility of West in daylight- again like McNaught. I haven't seen an estimate yet of the apparent size of McNaught, but it looks like it could be approaching the size of West, which I made out at the time to be about 30-degrees when seen from a dark location. Let's hope that next time it's the northern hemisphere's turn- and a summertime great comet wouldn't put the universe out of balance, either (as long as we're hoping...). ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php