Daytime Comet with clouds, the brightest to appear in 41 years. Perihelion passage, just 7° from sun.
Originally uploaded by edhiker ( Ed Johnson ) Click on photo for larger version
I like this best out of the nine posted.
Comet McNaught ( C/2006 P1 ) taken on 1/12/07 by Ed Johnson (edhiker)
Daytime Comet McNaught. The comet was visible during daytime hours for several days around 1/12/07, the day of it's closest approach to the sun.
3D orbit visualization http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+P1
Sky and Telescope selected shots (has Ed Johnson's image) http://skytonight.com/community/gallery/skyevents/5129766.html
Comet pictures, selected by edhiker
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=353230950&size=l
http://flickr.com/photos/edhiker/357774577/ (from http://flickr.com/photos/edhiker/ )
http://media.skytonight.com/images/McNaught+070114+Karrer.jpg
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=352861845&context=pool-68076698@N00&size=o
http://www.spaceweather.com/comets/mcnaught/13jan07/Finazzi1.jpg Sun, Green Flash, and Comet perspective
Siding Spring Observatory - about the discovery and extensive discussion http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1.htm
The real Rob McNaught http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/mcnaught.jpg
Links http://spaceweather.com/
http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2006P1/2006P1.html
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2006P1_1.html C/2006 P1 (McNaught)--Daily Ephemeris
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=comet+McNaught Google search results