(meteorobs) Comet seen on eastern direction on 31st Dec.06

[Roberto G.]

From: "vijay likhite" <countermate at gmail.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:32 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Comet seen on eastern direction on 31st Dec.06


> Dear Davis.
>
> My daughter Neah was on treking mission to an almost isolated place some 
> 100
> kms away from Mumbai.
> On 31st morning at around 5AM (Local time) on eastern horizon she saw a
> comet with brightness of almost -4 magnitude. The location had coordinates
> as 18.983 degrees N, 73.267 degrees E.
> Could you tell me which comet was this? I  guess it was SWAN COMET. But
> could not get any info on this (Neither on NAMN site or any other STAR
> GAZING site.)
>
> Please help me to get more info on this.
>
> Vijay Likhite

It should be C/2006 P1 (McNaught) but it should be today around 1.0-1.5a,
the 31 December the comet should be +5a at 15° from the Sun at left of Sun.
Best greetings.
Roberto Gorelli