Comet Pan-Starrs - Finallly!

[pgriz]

Well, the clouds dissipated by sunset, and it was cold but clear. Went to my favourite lookout point, and found another photographer/amateur astronomer there as well. Once the twilight faded, it was possible to see the comet through binoculars and on the camera monitor, but it was barely visible visually. Took a series of photos, am posting two below:



ISO 800, f/4, 4 sec. 65mm (24-105mm L). Some colour correction, noise reduction, curve adjustment, and resizing.



ISO 800, f/4, 4 sec. 200mm (70-200mm f/4L IS). Similar processing to above.

Now... waiting for the coronal mass ejection to hit Earth, and cause Aurora Borealis. Nothing yet as of 10pm EST. Will check again at midnight.

 

[tirediron]

Nice!

 

[shefjr]

Neat!

 

[bc_steve]

Cool! glad to see the comet is still bright, and glad to see you finally had an opportunity to see it! if it ever clears up I will have to go looking for it again.