Photographer

Mike Hager

Location

Uwharrie National Forest, NC

Date

March 13, 2013

Equipment

80mm Eon refractor, Canon Xsi, Ioptron EQ 30 mount, iso 400, exposure 1 sec.

Description

Comet brightened to warmer hue as it approached horizon tree-line. Trees are unavoidable in North Carolina.

Photographer

Joshua Judkins

E-mail

jj388@cornell.edu

Location

Ithaca, NY

Date

~8:10 pm

Equipment

Canon EOS REBEL T3i, mounted on a tripod, 13 second exposure, color balanced in Photoshop

Description

Comet Pan-STARRS at dusk in Ithaca, NY. Photo taken from Cornell University's Libe Slope

Photographer

Stefan Beck

E-mail

stefan_beck@cometchaser.de

Location

Holzgerlingen, Germany

Date

18.44 UT

Equipment

135mm lens f/4 Zeiss Sonnar, Canon EOS 600D, 2 sec. 1600 ASA

Description

Showing Comet Panstarrs on March 15th, from Holzgerlingen, Germany.

Photographer

Efrain Morales Rivera

E-mail

jaicoa52@yahoo.com

Location

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Date

03/17/2013, 23:35ut

Equipment

WO ED80II APO, F6.8, P/B CGE mount, EOS 3Ti, 15sec. exposure, ASA 800.

Description

The clouds gave through for a short session on comet PANSTARRS on march 17th before the curtain closed again and influenced by the Saharra dust aerosols.

Photographer

John Giroux

E-mail

johntg@hotmail.com

Location

Syracuse, NY, United States

Date

03/17/2013 19:30 EST

Equipment

Canon T2i, Orion ST120, Orion VersaGo III mount.

Description

Comet Panstarrs with surrounding stars identified. ISO 800, 1 sec. X 20 exposures, lens was an Orion ST120 f/5 achromat refractor, 600 mm focal length. Mount was an alt-azimuth. Twenty images were stacked, aligned and field rotation corrected, and color balance adjusted in Nebulosity 2.5; Black/white levels and balance adjusted in PhotoShop Elements 10, as well as star ID tags added. I determined the stars by using TheSkyX to find the matching star pattern after determining the approximate location via a location chart I found on the web.

Photographer

Ramiro Hernandez B

E-mail

ramirohb@itesm.mx

Location

Saltillo, Coah. México

Date

17th , march 2013

Equipment

Camera Canon RebelXT + refractor telescope Meade ETX 70mm, focal distance 750mm, primary focus.

Description

difficult to see with unaiede eye, but veryr clear with biniculars, visible just for only 10-15 minutes 19:30-19:45 CST.

Photographer

John Stetson

Location

Sebago Lake, Maine

Date

March 17, 2013

Equipment

5" refractor, DSLR, 30 sec. exposure

Description

... Comet Panstarrs from 43 degrees north

Photographer

Carmelo Zannelli

E-mail

c.zannelli@virgilio.it

Location

Palermo city

Date

16th march 2013 - 18,19 U.T.

Equipment

Canon EOS40SD; Sigma 18-200 @ 200mm; 9 stacked photos @ ISO 800 F/4,5; 3,5 secs. eachone. Processing and stacking with Photoshop CS-5

Description

Here finally (weather conditions were really bad) my first attempt of capture PanStarrs comet; Me and my friend Antonio Lazzara we planned several yimes, and this time we have success from my home in Palermo city (Sicily); the comet seems to be lower in lightness, I haven't had the chance to compare its brightness with nearby stars so I estimate an integrated magnitude of about 3 but the twilight still not allowed to see it clearly with the naked eye, while a 8x40 binobular showed it in all its beauty and my little 150-F/4 newton showed a very bright nucleus with a dust tail extended about 1,5 - 2 degrees (my exstimation). Clear skies! Carmelo Zannelli Palermo, Sicily - ITALY

Photographer

John Dolby

Location

Tucson, AZ

Date

2013-Mar-16 19:31:00 MST

Equipment

CPC-1100 with HyperStar (f/2); Canon Rebel XT DSLR; 3.2-second exposure; ISO 200.

Description

Telescopic view. Brightest star is 7th magnitude TYC 606-314-1 at far left. Two 9th magnitude stars at top of tail are about half a degree from the comet's nucleus.

Photographer

Piotr Dzikowski

E-mail

dzikowskip@piomarhouse.com.pl

Location

Leszno, Poland, Europe

Date

16 March 2013 18:11 UT

Equipment

Canon 6D - ISO6400, Samyang 6.3/500 DX, photografic mount.

Description

Three photos added together. Each photo 1,6sek. The comet was about 9 degrees above the west horizon. The sky was very clear. The temperature was -10C.