Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS

2 stroke

Rhys Essien wrote: »

@nanook5 Great snap.Id be selling that to the papers if I were you.

I went outside myself tonight with the camera and it was too cloudy yet again.Feckin mad I am.

This is to give people an idea of where to look.

Can somebody please go back in time and remove this image from the internet. It's so misleading. I actualy saw panstars this evening, with binos, and dismissed it as it was wrong position relative to the moon, according to this.


Edit. I see now that the moon is labelled march 12th. I wonder how many others were caught out by this.

nanook5

Time Lapse

seven_eleven

dont suppose I could see this with the naked eye still?

nanook5

No !

I couldn't see it with binocs either

lolie

seven_eleven wrote: »

dont suppose I could see this with the naked eye still?

If its clear outside go out and check.
Me and a few others seen it the past few evenings with the naked eye.
Look west slightly northwest between 7.30-8 o clock

bogman

Found this nice simple finder chart on Astro Bob's website

bogman

Few I took about an hour ago

mickmackey1

wow those are some of the best I've seen, well done.

nanook5

Another time lapse from 17/3

murrayp4

Having a very hard time finding this; can it still be seen with naked eye?

nanook5

No , it's gone too faint .

ZeRoY

murrayp4 wrote: »

Having a very hard time finding this; can it still be seen with naked eye?

Im not sure it ever was, in Ireland at least?

Thargor

ZeRoY wrote: »

Im not sure it ever was, in Ireland at least?

I think you should have a quick read of this thread :P

Novaman

Hi all, I got unexpected clear skies this evening, Panstarrs was quite easy to find low in the northwest, it's getting a little fainter and through binoculars I could make out both a lengthening and widening tail.

I got a shot which definitely shows a faint tail off shooting in the 9 o'clock position which did'nt seem there a few nights ago..

www.flickr.com/photos/79652716@N00/86078...hotostream/lightbox/


NM

ZeRoY

Novaman wrote: »

Hi all, I got unexpected clear skies this evening, Panstarrs was quite easy to find low in the northwest, it's getting a little fainter and through binoculars I could make out both a lengthening and widening tail.

NM

Very good, what time was it roughly? Trying to find that type of timing info is proving difficult!!

Novaman

Hi ZeRoY, I took this shot just after 9pm last night, it is now getting quite close to the Andromeda galaxy M31, currently it's aboy 5 degrees away southward, very hard naked eye, but binoculars will get it...

Here's a little help:
http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PANSTARRS-into-April1.jpg

Good luck in seeing it !

NM

Zubeneschamali

Novaman wrote: »

Good luck in seeing it !

Thanks, I found it this evening with 10x50s and your chart!

ZeRoY

Finally got a glimpse, not naked eye, not binos but the DSLR picked it up, was all I could manage before the clouds covered the all thing... tomorrow is another day!

Novaman

Hi All, I managed to get a shot of the Andromeda Galaxy M31 and Comet Panstarrs this evening through broken clouds, I could only mange a single shot using a light pollution filter, I could clearly see the comet naked eye, and a little better using averted vision. Canon 40D, 200mm lens at ISO 800, 3 minute exposure with LPR.

Here my noisy shot for what it's worth..hopefully tomorrow night will be better..

www.flickr.com/photos/79652716@N00/86150...hotostream/lightbox/

NM:)

nanook5

That's a Superb shot !!!

I think you can Even see the satellite galaxy!!!!

Iancar29

My 2 shots from tonight side by side , only a 15 second exposure , jealous of your 3 minute shot novaman! ha , still cant get polar alignment good

muckish

From Donegal last night.

ZeRoY

muckish wrote: »

From Donegal last night.

Very nice capture, can you post details on how you did this? Im guessing motor mount with DSLR on piggyback?

muckish

ZeRoY wrote: »

Very nice capture, can you post details on how you did this? Im guessing motor mount with DSLR on piggyback?

EOS7D, 70-200mmF4.0L @131mm, f4 ISO1600 2 minute exposure. Vixen Polarie tracking mount. 8 light frames and 5 dark. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker. My first time using the tracking mount!

ZeRoY

My telescope attempt from earlier



Meade LXD75 + Canon 1100D
8X 25" Light
3X Darks
Stacked in DSS, processed in PS

A close up from 3X 40sec subs

Kersh

Fantastic pics

Tzetze

Finally managed to get an image. I didn't know how to tackle it wrt exposure length and ISO. Ended up taking a a few groups of subs at ISO 800 and 1600, 20s and 30s. Then went with 1600ISO and 120s but only managed to get a few subs before stray light from the neighbours ruined the subs.

This is a stack of just 3x 120s @ ISO1600. If I'd known this would yield the best results I'd have gone with these settings from the outset. Ah well, hopefully I'll get a chance to image it again soon, although it's looking like cloudy skies in Co Monaghan this evening...

No flats/darks/bias (might add some later).
Stacked in DSS (comet stacking).
Slightly tweaked in PS CS6.


C/2011 L4 Panstarrs by .Tzetze., on Flickr

ZeRoY

Very good TzeTze, great detail and nice trail too! Its out for me as well in Louth...

emo72

went out to have a gander this evening using 15x20 binos, but no luck:(

using jupiter as a guide how far to the right is it and obviously its lower than jupiter? anyone? i have a good view of the west sky but a mototorway to the north of me floods the sky.

ZeRoY

emo72 wrote: »

went out to have a gander this evening using 15x20 binos, but no luck:(

using jupiter as a guide how far to the right is it and obviously its lower than jupiter? anyone? i have a good view of the west sky but a mototorway to the north of me floods the sky.

No Jupiter is not a good guide, its too far, its higher than comet also. Here's for tonight but window for Ireland is closing fast, very low on North-West now...