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PhotographerTim Song JonesLocationMt. Wilson, CADateMarch 12, 2013 7:50 pm.EquipmentCanon Xsi camera, 250 zoom lense, Meade LXD-75 mount/tripod.DescriptionComet PANSTARRS and tiny sliver of a moon over the San Fernando valley in Los Angeles. |
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PhotographerChris KillingsworthLocationMorgan Hill, CaliforniaDate12 March 2012 7:04pmEquipmentSony DSLR-A100 at ISO-400 f/6.3 300mm for 4 sec taken at 7:04pm on 12 Mar 2012DescriptionFrom the eastern hills above Morgan Hill, California, Comet PanSTARRS and the very new crescent moon grace the sunset. |
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PhotographerRick YoungLocationAlamogordo, NMDate2013-03-12 8:02 MDTEquipmentCanon 40D on a tripod with 55-250mm lens set to 131mm.DescriptionPanSTARRS was easy to find with binoculars but not visible naked eye. Half a dozen others and I had gathered at an overlook in the foothills of the Sacremento Mountains to watch the comet above the San Andres Mountains 40 miles across the valley. The young Moon made for a beautiful sunset for those without binoculars. |
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PhotographerBruce JohnsonLocationSan Luis Obispo, CADate3-12-13, 7:09pmEquipmentNikon D5100, 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 VR lens, Manfrotto tripod.DescriptionThis image captures much more than was visible to the naked eye. I could not see the comet or the "old moon in the new moons arms" with my naked eye, in part because of haze. It was visible, but not impressive, with 8x42 binoculars. |
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PhotographerDave KandzLocationBridge near my houseDate3/10/13 7:19pmEquipmentCanon SX50 HS and a tripod.DescriptionComet PANSTARRS setting in the western sky while our resident Osprey watches from a radio tower. |
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PhotographerDonald BatesLocationDobbin, TexasDate3/10/2013 - 8:15pm CDTEquipmentNikon D40 - 3 sec - 135mm f/4DescriptionComet Panstarrs in SE Texas. Car headlights illuminated the fence. |
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PhotographerKathleen KingmaLocationHawes Road in Mesa, AZDateMarch 10, 2013 7:22 pmEquipmentCanon 5D Mark III with Canon 300mm L and 1.4 extender.DescriptionThe skies over Phoenix finally cleared for a test run to see if PanSTARRS could be seen thru the city haze. I had just about given up when the folks next to me with great big binoculars spied the comet much higher in the sky than predicted by any of the published sky charts. I'd love to report "What a Sight", but in fact I could ONLY see it with the camera sensor... could barely see it with binoculars and certainly could not see it with my bare eyes. Tomorrow I head west away from the city haze and light pollution. |
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PhotographerClayton SummersLocationLaguna Beach, CADate3/10/13 6:45 pmEquipmentNikon D-80 18-135 zoom at 75mm fl 15.0 sec; f/5.6; ISO 100DescriptionComet C/2011 L4 over Catalina Island. Not naked eye at all. |
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PhotographerJohn DolbyLocationTucson, AZ, USADate2013-Mar-10 19:22 MSTEquipmentCanon Rebel XT, 190mm lens, f/5.6, 0.8-sec., ISO-800, tripod.DescriptionThis is about what the comet looked like through 8x56 binoculars. But it is deceiving because it did not look like this to the unaided eye! It was a fun experience because it was nothing like I expected. I thought I would wait until dark and get some wide-angle camera shots because I was expecting it to be larger. I was planning to take a series of 10-second exposures and stack them. But the comet was so low on the horizon that it didn't wait for dark. After finding it in binoculars, I zoomed in with the camera lens and took pictures that were less than a second of exposure length. It was much easier than I thought it was going to be, and the comet was nice and bright. But it was so small, I never would have seen it without binoculars. |
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PhotographerMichael ZeilerLocationUnited StatesDateMarch 10, 2013, 8:06 MDTEquipmentNikon D300, Nikkor 300mm f/4 lensDescriptionThis animated GIF shows comet PANSTARRS setting over the Jemez mountains, west of Santa Fe, NM. Frames in the GIF are at intervals of 5 seconds. |
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