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\nSketch of C\/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) – March 11\/12, 2013
\nClick for larger version.<\/div>\n

The comet was looking better tonight and I was able to view it naked eye as a soft ‘star’ in the twilight. Besides binoculars, I also brought the 8-inch Dob to a school parking lot on McMillan Mesa. The view was most pleasing through binoculars, but some of the delicate structure was more apparent through the scope. I tried to capture the essentials in the sketch above. It’s always awesome watching a comet sink behind the treeline.<\/p>\n

I shot and stacked a few photos with my Canon 300D, but since my lens only zooms to 105 mm, the comet was pretty shrimpy in the images. I snagged a few more photos through the binoculars and telecope with the iPhone camera. That gave larger scale, but the images are pretty noisy.<\/p>\n

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\nC\/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) emerges from the twilight over Mars Hill.<\/div>\n
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\niPhone photo through binoculars of C\/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) as it sets over Mars Hill.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/b><\/td>\nC\/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Classification<\/b><\/td>\nComet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position (J2000)<\/b><\/td>\nPisces: [RA: 0 28.211 \/ Dec: -0\u00b0 1.507′ ]*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnitude<\/b><\/td>\nNot estimated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\nMARCH 11, 2013 – 7:00-7:25 PM MST (MARCH 12, 2013 – 0200-0225 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\nFlagstaff, AZ – McMillan Mesa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n15 x 70 Oberwerk Binoculars
\nOrion SkyQuest XT8 (8″ f\/5.9 Newtonian)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conditions<\/b><\/td>\nClear, twilight, some thin cirrus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seeing<\/b><\/td>\nNot estimated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transparency<\/b><\/td>\nNautical Twilight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*References<\/b><\/td>\nStarry Night Pro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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