YES! Got it... L4 Panstarrs

[pgwenlan]

Comet L4 Panstarrs, from Eglwysilan Common above Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, South Wales.

Nikon D3000, f5.6, ISO 800, 55mm, 12/03/12, 19:13pm

Difficult to see in the haze near the horizon - not a naked-eye object, but the 25x100 bins showed it clearly. And it was -2 up there... For once the clouds behaved!

Hopefully the first of many!!

[Daddystu]

Nice spot It was completely overcast for me just down the road.

[steveb1977]

Nice picture, hoping to see it tomorrow.

[space3]

nice one

[Double Kick Drum]

Congratulations on capturing it.

[Chris]

Thats a great capture you must be chuffed:)

[pgwenlan]

Congratulations on capturing it.

Thank you!

Thats a great capture you must be chuffed:)

I am!! Went up with my daughter, and it was COLD - and windy. But right at the end, just before the moon went down, there it was!

We were so pleased; and the moon just adds to the scene.

If we get better opportunites - great; but if not - well, we did it!

[Pete Presland]

nice capture, well done!

[SHUTTLE ATLANTIS]

well done great photo.

[Vega]

Great shot, respect for braving the elements. Cloud here. Hoping for better luck tonight

[fredster]

Well done on spotting the comet and an extra well done on a superb photo. I know what to expect for tonight now.

[cotterless45]

Superb, looking forward to a clear dusk,

Nick.

[moffer]

Congratulations. I live in Senghenydd and you saw it from the very place that my son and I were going to have a bash at seeing it from last night. Unfortunately he didn't finish work until 7pm so we plan on going up to Eglwysilan Common tonight instead. Are the two radio masts in your photo the ones situated on the western edge of Mynydd Meio? If so I'm guessing that you observed it from somewhere in the vicinity of the old Windsor Colliery coal tips?

[pgwenlan]

Congratulations. I live in Senghenydd and you saw it from the very place that my son and I were going to have a bash at seeing it from last night. Unfortunately he didn't finish work until 7pm so we plan on going up to Eglwysilan Common tonight instead. Are the two radio masts in your photo the ones situated on the western edge of Mynydd Meio? If so I'm guessing that you observed it from somewhere in the vicinity of the old Windsor Colliery coal tips?

We went up past the cattle grid, and on the way to Nelson - the ref on google maps is: https://maps.google.com/?ll=51.62581,-3.277037&z=16

It's not Mynydd Meio, it's somewhere in Glyncoch direction.

The sun dropped below the wind farm - sorry, I don't know it's name! We parked on one of the tracks, which conveniently face west.

We plan to go up again tonight, about 7pm, weather permitting!

[harryt]

Fantastic shot, well done. Clouded out yesterday for me but more hopeful for tonight - fingers crossed!!

[moffer]

We went up past the cattle grid, and on the way to Nelson - the ref on google maps is: https://maps.google....,-3.277037&z=16

It's not Mynydd Meio, it's somewhere in Glyncoch direction.

The sun dropped below the wind farm - sorry, I don't know it's name! We parked on one of the tracks, which conveniently face west.

We plan to go up again tonight, about 7pm, weather permitting!

I realised after posting that I'd got my bearings completely wrong so thanks for the location. We might see you up there tonight if the weather's good.

[pgwenlan]

Good view again tonight from Eglwysilan Common - 2 nights on the trot!

The clouds were in the way when we arrived, but moved on fairly quickly, and came back just as we were leaving...

Also nice to meet 'Moffer' & family...

[Ryan_86]

Great pics Pete. It was nice to meet you & to see my 1st comet,thanks for the help.

[SHUTTLE ATLANTIS]

managed to see moon for short time but cloud on horizon low it just hung there,

[JimFR]

some crackin' photos on here ! Been struggling though - @pgwenlan what exposure etc did you use ? I've got a dslr and tripod - looks like I'm probably best using the 18-55mm kit lens...

[moffer]

A very enjoyable hour on Eglwysilan Common. Thanks Peter, nice to meet you.

My 11 year old grandaughter really enjoyed seeing panstarrs, and her first views of jupiter and the orion neb. She was the only one who managed to see the comet with the naked eye - that's a young pair of eyes for you.