Comet Panstarrs C/2011 L4 Emerging comet in Western sky at sunset For March 12, 2013

Uploaded 3/13/13

 On this evening the comet had gained some elevation in the bright western twilight, and was parked next to a 24 hour old moon. Many imagers had a field day with this composition! You only really had about 15 minutes of shooting for best results. I was set up on a hill across from the Payson Airport with a good view of the western sky. Several other sky gazers also found this hill and we watched the comet together. Lots of fun!
Here is with the 100-400 Canon L lens set for 200mm at f/5.6 for 2 sec Select an image size for a larger view: 1290 x 960 1600 x 1200
And now with the Stellarvue 80mm f/4.6 APO of just the comet for 5 seconds Select an image size for a larger view: 1290 x 960 1600 x 1200
And the very young moon by itself with the Stellarvue Select an image size for a larger view: 1290 x 960 1600 x 1200
Lens: 80mm f/4.6 Zeiss APO OR 200mm f/5.6 Canon L lens 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 HOME GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS