Comet Panstarrs from Norfolk, 12th March 2013

[lukebl]

Hi all,

Just managed to see and capture Comet Panstarrs from Norfolk this evening. Here's a few with my Canon 450d and 75-300mm Canon Zoom. A nice 'proper' comet with good tail, but rather faint in the twilight glow. Half-second exposures at ISO 800. Please excuse the quality. Theyre highly stretched to enhance the contrast.

Firstly here's the thinnest moon crescent I've ever seen.

Here's a wide field:

And here's the location of the comet and moon in relation to each other. You can just make out the comet in the original, put you probably can't see it here:

here's a closer one of the comet:

And here's a serious crop of the above image:

[Moonshane]

nice one Luke

looking forward to seeing this soon but the weather's looking to be against me currently. it's actually a bit higher than I feared even now so maybe......

[nmoushon]

Those are great! I will have to have a look later this week. Didn't think we could see it up this far north yet.

[Cozzy]

Luke, cracking shot well done, it's been crystal clear up here in the northwest all day, and surprise surprise get the camera and tripod all good to go and in rolled cloud from the north, astronomy hey, you gotta love it :.)

Tim

[KeithB]

Well done.

I spent the evening getting cold and looking at clouds passing across where the moon and comet should be.

[Altair]

Inbetween the cloud layers i saw the thin crescent of the moon too but failed to spot the comet. It was much higher than i expected it to be! Well done you!

[David Smith]

Well done Luke. Hopefully clouds will give me a chance at some point.

[Mark at Beaufort]

Well done Luke. I failed to see it at Lucksall SGL8 star party with my William Optics SD66 and 26mm Nagler. If it clear tomorrow we might get a better chance. Your photos really encourage me for tomorrow.

Mark

[Chris]

Congrats Luke, lovely shots:)

Wall to wall cloud here as per usual but I'm hoping to capture this soon?

[JamesF]

Nice to see what I'm missing with the comet, but that Moon is fantastic

James

[allcart]

What time was This taken Luke. According to Stellarium last nigt, it should have been much lower than the crescent moon.

[Altair]

i think this was taken tonight looking at the stellarium placement

[andrew63]

Great capture Luke - see what tomorrow brings...

andrew

[philj]

Excellent thats just how I saw it through the binos, that moon was seriously thin though a superb sight

[Steve Ward]

Nice shot Luke,

I sat out in the Fens for a go but was foiled by the thick bank of cloud all across the horizon.

[lukebl]

Cheers guys, we get a good view of the western horizon from the bedroom window!

The image was taken at about 18:45 this evening and it was definitely higher than the moon.

[cstew]

Nice image, as has been said here in the northwest it's been a glorious, sun filled, blue skied day, soon as I got home from work, pow, cloud rolls in. Typical

[Jaffa007]

Some really good shots there!! Thanks for the position comparison shot of moon and comet too. Hopefully tomorrow will be better viewing conditions for everyone else .

[davo]

Well done you and you've made me get my bins ready for 2mro

[steveb1977]

Nice images. The moon should help point the way tomorrow if anyone gets clear skies!

[Special K]

Wow, thanks for that, Luke. Gonna have to get me a looksee of that tomorrow night (hope, hope, hope)!!!

[Pete Presland]

well done luke very nice capture, can not wait for tonight!

[SHUTTLE ATLANTIS]

yes well done cracking pics

[ollypenrice]

Great stuff. Splendid. It looked exactly like that for us, too, from a nearby pass. As you say, the thinnest crescent imaginable! When I stepped back from the scope I was shocked to see that it was nearly horizontal so a bit of altidude was being a big help.

Olly

[fredster]

Well done, superb shots. Especially that thin crescent moon....wow that is a young moon.