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Comet PANSTARRS, Anyone else seen it yet?
Stu
post Mar 14 2013, 10:45 PM
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ISON is months ahead, but there's a comet in the sky right now. PANSTARRS is fainter, and smaller, a lot less impressive than we all hope ISON will be (and a lot less impressive than we hoped it would be itself) but it's still well worth looking for. I finally managed to see it from here in Kendal last night. Full report, with pics, on my blog if anyone would like a look...

http://waitingforison.wordpress.com/comet-panstarrs

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post Mar 18 2013, 08:31 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 17 2013, 04:29 AM) *
...Great Comet like Hale-Bopp... And a naked eye comet is always something to make the effort to see, to enjoy, and to celebrate. smile.gif

ditto on that...

I think this is the best image I was able to capture from Hale-Bopp. Others accomplished much better. What I enjoyed most about this comet (aside from its brightness) was its pair of tails. It had the delicately arcing, golden dust trails in orbit, and a beautifully pointing ion tail from the Sun. Incredible.

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post Mar 18 2013, 10:10 AM
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I saw PANSTARS on Thu, Fri and Sat. The best view was on Sat. Also on Sat it was just barely visible as a point of light with the naked eye. This is in moderatly light poluted Orange Park ( NE Florida ), but we do have a nice view of the western sky.
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post Mar 19 2013, 12:38 AM
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I was very lucky to see the comet today as there was a deck of stratus that finished about 8 degrees above the western horizon. The tail is pointing slightly to the right now. It was probably the same brightness as yesterday, there was some thin cloud or haze in front of the comet. Viewed with 8x40 binoculars.
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- Stu   Comet PANSTARRS   Mar 14 2013, 10:45 PM
- - mcaplinger   Saw it from San Diego last night. Not a naked-eye...   Mar 14 2013, 11:04 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   Nice picture, Stu! I saw it last night. Was b...   Mar 15 2013, 12:36 AM
- - Gladstoner   .   Mar 15 2013, 12:47 AM
- - Greenish   Saw it Tuesday night and again tonight from a roof...   Mar 15 2013, 02:03 AM
- - DFinfrock   Yes I saw it in a suburb of Dallas. Even with bin...   Mar 15 2013, 03:23 AM
- - nprev   Unusually enough for LA, been clouded out in just ...   Mar 15 2013, 05:26 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Stu: That's a pretty good picture. I'd b...   Mar 16 2013, 05:54 AM
|- - Greenish   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Mar 16 2013, 12:54 ...   Mar 17 2013, 12:57 AM
- - akuo   Dark skies don't really matter with this comet...   Mar 16 2013, 04:47 PM
- - Stu   Another great viewing session tonight...   Mar 16 2013, 10:32 PM
- - CosmicRocker   That's an excellent photo of Pan-STARRS, Antti...   Mar 17 2013, 07:10 AM
- - grobibaer   Just to add another big city observation: From th...   Mar 17 2013, 07:55 AM
- - Stu   QUOTE (akuo @ Mar 16 2013, 04:47 PM) Dark...   Mar 17 2013, 09:29 AM
- - akuo   I suppose light pollution does work as an additive...   Mar 17 2013, 10:29 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 17 2013, 04:29 AM) ...Gr...   Mar 18 2013, 08:31 AM
|- - MahFL   I saw PANSTARS on Thu, Fri and Sat. The best view ...   Mar 18 2013, 10:10 AM
|- - MahFL   I was very lucky to see the comet today as there w...   Mar 19 2013, 12:38 AM
- - Stu   Saw PANSTARRS for the fourth time last night... ju...   Mar 19 2013, 09:20 AM
|- - MahFL   I just saw the comet, we had rain all day and the ...   Mar 21 2013, 12:43 AM
- - Gladstoner   .   Mar 21 2013, 02:36 AM
- - Gladstoner   .   Mar 21 2013, 04:03 AM
|- - MahFL   I saw the comet briefly, slightly brighter today, ...   Mar 22 2013, 12:46 AM
|- - MahFL   Despite clear skies but with a nearly full Moon, I...   Mar 25 2013, 12:33 AM
- - bkellysky   I love this photo from one of our Westchester Astr...   Mar 25 2013, 12:21 PM
- - Gladstoner   .   Mar 25 2013, 09:34 PM
|- - MahFL   Is the comet still visible from say Florida in 8x4...   Mar 26 2013, 10:06 AM
|- - Gladstoner   .   Mar 26 2013, 09:34 PM
- - bkellysky   Finally! Saw the comet Wednesday evening from...   Mar 28 2013, 02:00 AM
- - Stu   After almost a month of truly godawful weather, FI...   Mar 28 2013, 11:57 PM
- - Gladstoner   .   Mar 29 2013, 12:29 AM
- - Explorer1   Saw it tonight! I was still pretty close to ci...   Mar 30 2013, 05:04 AM
- - Stu   Had fantastic views Thursday night, details and pi...   Mar 30 2013, 07:36 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 30 2013, 07:36 AM) I mad...   Mar 31 2013, 11:01 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 30 2013, 12:36 AM) If y...   Apr 1 2013, 12:35 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 31 2013, 04:35 P...   Apr 2 2013, 09:32 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 31 2013, 07:35 P...   Apr 2 2013, 09:52 PM
|- - Gladstoner   .   Apr 3 2013, 01:07 AM
- - Stu   Managed to catch PANSTARRS setting and rising last...   Mar 31 2013, 09:23 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Saw clear skies on the way home tonight and was al...   Apr 3 2013, 04:00 AM
- - Stu   Gorgeous view of PANSTARRS snuggling up to M31 las...   Apr 4 2013, 04:12 PM
- - dvandorn   Are you still able to see the comet naked-eye, Stu...   Apr 4 2013, 05:46 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Apr 4 2013, 06:46 PM) A...   Apr 5 2013, 11:18 AM
- - bkellysky   Astro Bob's blog from Duluth, Minn., has photo...   Apr 5 2013, 11:10 AM
- - Stu   ...and this one taken 10pm 5th April...   Apr 5 2013, 11:53 PM
- - AndyG   Blue skies for me today and no work tomorrow. The ...   Apr 6 2013, 09:14 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Andy the Pleiades image was taken with a Canon 60D...   Apr 6 2013, 03:18 PM
- - Stu   I have treated myself to a 50mm f1.8 lens for my C...   Apr 6 2013, 03:27 PM
- - AndyG   Many thanks EGD - so you've a limiting mag of ...   Apr 6 2013, 05:12 PM
- - dtolman   I've managed to catch it once from the NY Metr...   Apr 8 2013, 02:02 PM
- - bkellysky   Our club was out Saturday at our Starway to Heaven...   Apr 8 2013, 10:43 PM
- - Gladstoner   .   Apr 9 2013, 09:11 PM
- - TheAnt   I've seen Panstarrs, at four in the morning wh...   Apr 16 2013, 06:37 PM

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