It was a great spring evening to see if I could capture Comet PANSTARRS again. Much dimmer, about a mag 4.6 close to the horizon, and moving much more north. I found it at about 8:10, after the sun had now set at 7:10pm finding it in my set of binos. Here is a shot of it at 8:30pm just as it was setting, and the sky was at its darkest. A real nice Easter Eve … [Read more...]

Comet PANSTARRS is still visible to us here in Connecticut. It's to bad most people do not even know about it. It's not a "GREAT" comet but it was a little fun comet to chase for a week or so. So, here are the last comet images I will get of this passerby of earth. Tough to get, low on the horizon, long exsposures...and a lot of luck. It's really to bad people don't … [Read more...]

After much hoopla Comet Pan-STARRS has made its showing in the west. Just barley visible about 30 minutes after the sun has set, this comet is nothing what it was hyped up to be. I found this mag 2.0 visitor to our planet yesterday. First with a pair of binoculars, then with a longer exposure with my camera, and then finally naked eye before it dissapeared into the low … [Read more...]