This evening we went out for a star gazing adventure - hoping to see Comet McNaught, apparently the brightest comet to be seen in 40 years.

My husband saw it a few days ago and raved about it. I was keen to see it too. So we decided to drag the kids and a few other family members out after dinner. We drove over to a local footbridge and waited and waited.

My brother-in-law brought his brand new Canon 400D. There were heaps of people standing around with binoculars and cameras. Callum kept shouting “Hey when are we going to see the omelette?! Why is it taking so long??”

I was the first one to spot it in the twilight sky and OH MY GOD it was so cool!!! At first it looked like a small patch of wispy clouds, then as time passed, it got brighter and brighter and it just looked amazing! Its tail was so long! My husband said it looked like someone smudged a star across the sky. Which I thought was quite cute.

(Picture from Wikipedia)

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