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Comet PANSTARRS, Anyone else seen it yet? |
 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.  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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I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Mar 18 2013, 10:10 AM
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 Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
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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Mar 19 2013, 12:38 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
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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Mar 19 2013, 09:20 AM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Saw PANSTARRS for the fourth time last night... just... struggle in freezing cold, tripod-buffeting winds and gathering cloud, but caught it...
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Mar 21 2013, 12:43 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I just saw the comet, we had rain all day and the stratus again was about 6 degrees above the horizon. The comet appeared half as dim again.
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Mar 21 2013, 02:36 AM
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Mar 21 2013, 04:03 AM
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Mar 22 2013, 12:46 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I saw the comet briefly, slightly brighter today, but some high cloud came in and obscured the comet after a minute or so.
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Mar 25 2013, 12:33 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Despite clear skies but with a nearly full Moon, I could not see Panstarrs today.
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Mar 25 2013, 12:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
I love this photo from one of our Westchester Astronomers club members, Carl Lydon.
"Panstarrs, Andromeda and myself" Really great depth of field - from foreground self-portrait to the Andromeda Galaxy, with PanSTARRS! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...pe=1&ref=nf or go the Westchester Astronomers' Facebook page and scan down the 'recent posts by others' And no, I haven't see PanSTARRS yet. |
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Mar 25 2013, 09:34 PM
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Mar 26 2013, 10:06 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Is the comet still visible from say Florida in 8x40 bino's ?, as I can't see it anymore.
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Mar 26 2013, 09:34 PM
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Mar 28 2013, 02:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
Finally! Saw the comet Wednesday evening from the top of my High School bleachers. The tail is more fanned out in binoculars than in the photo.
A few more exposures at http://bkellysky.wordpress.com/ bob
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Mar 28 2013, 11:57 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
After almost a month of truly godawful weather, FINALLY a beautiful clear night over the UK! And there in the NW was PANSTARRS...
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