Comet Panstarrs C/2011 L4
Emerging comet in Western sky at sunset
For March 10, 2013

 
 This
            is the first set of images of this new comet, now coming into
            the sky in the northern hemisphere after a good months run in
            the southern skies. Now at magnitude 2, the comet can be seen
            very low on the western horizon in the bright sunset twilight.
            

            
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Lens:  80mm f/4.6 Zeiss APO
Platform:  Televue GEM
Exposure:  3 seconds
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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