| 1. | The brightest comet in decades - comet mcnaught - is now visible
几十年来最光亮的彗星- mcnaught |
| 2. | Explanation : this past weekend comet mcnaught peaked at a brightness that surpassed even venus
说明：上个周末，麦克诺特彗星亮度激增，甚至比金星还亮。 |
| 3. | Over the next week comet mcnaught will begin to fade as it moves south and away from the sun
接下来的这一周，麦克诺特彗星将慢慢由南方远离太阳，并开始变暗。 |
| 4. | Explanation : comet mcnaught , the great comet of 2007 , has grown a long and filamentary tail
说明： 2007年的大彗星，麦克诺特彗星，最近长出了一条长长的丝状尾巴。 |
| 5. | Comet mcnaught , the brightest comet in decades , is now fading as it moves further into southern skies and away from the sun and earth
这颗世纪大彗星正在慢慢变暗，并将由南方渐渐远离太阳和地球。 |
| 6. | Explanation : this frame from a spectacular time lapse movie shows comet mcnaught - the great comet of 2007 - sweeping through the inner solar system
说明：这张影像是一部精彩时序电影的定格，主题是2007年大彗星- -麦克诺飞掠过太阳系内围的情景。 |
| 7. | Comet mcnaught continues to move out from the sun and dim , but should remain visible in southern skies with binoculars through the end of this month
麦克诺特彗星继续向太阳系外飞去，并且亮度变暗，但是在这个月剩下的时间里，人们用双筒望远镜仍能在南半球天空中看到它。 |
| 8. | Comet mcnaught , estimated at magnitude - 2 ( minus two ) , was caught by the comet ' s discoverer in the above image just after sunset last friday from siding spring observatory in australia
藉由这张澳洲塞汀泉天文台那位彗星的发现者在上星期五黄昏后所拍摄的照片估计，麦克诺特彗星的亮度大约是- 2个星等。 |
| 9. | Recent brightness estimates had comet mcnaught brighter than magnitude - 5 ( minus five ) over this past weekend , making it the brightest comet since comet ikeya - seki in 1965 , which was recorded at - 7 ( minus seven )
最新的亮度估计显示出在上个周末，麦克诺特彗星的亮度已经比- 5星等还亮，这是自1965年池谷-关彗星(记录上的亮度是- 7星等)以来最明亮的一颗彗星。 |
