Another PANSTARRS thread

[Astralstroll]

Having seen the comet last night through the 20 x 80 bins I managed to have a look tonight through the dob from my back garden. Sounds a lot easier than last nights grab n go affair in the darkness surrounding the local duck pond. However, to see the comet in the garden I had to get right up against the bottom fence with the dob on a coffee table. All well worth it though, as the comet looked a lot more impressive tonight. The tail was particularly impressive, long and rather fanned. Can't wait for the close encounter with M31 later this week.

Dave.

[Lonewolf]

Tonight was my first time at seeing the comet through my bins, and to be perfectly honest wasn't expecting to see it at all. Was really amazed at what I saw, the tail was a lot more fanned than I ever imagined to see. Sorry, can tell I'm still new at this!

[haitch]

I've got a west facing loft window and found it yesterday with the bins. I then replaced the bins on the tripod with the Canon 10D, checked I could still see it with a quick snap (saw something faint & fuzzy and figured it was still aligned so I set the timer remote to snap away for a while. Sat down later to review the photos and realised in switching from the bins and realigning I'd moved over and found a different fuzzy: M31 and had taken a bunch of snaps of that. DOH!

[Astralstroll]

Well there's plenty more time. In a few days they should be close enough to be in the frame at the same time. I have enjoyed the struggle to finally see PANSTARRS, and am looking forward to ISON later in the year.

Dave.