Comet Panstarrs - 2013 Mar 12 - 2
Comet Panstarrs (C/2011 L4) was discovered in June 2011 by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (PannSTARRS) in Hawaii.
The comet passed closest to Earth on March 05, 2013 (distance of 1.09 astronomical units) and it reached perihelion (closest point to the Sun) 5 days later on March 10, 2013. It was during this period that Panstarrs was at its brightest.
I wrote a number of blogs about Comet Panstarrs as it appeared in the evening skies of March 2013:
- Comet Panstarrs or Bust
- Comet Panstarrs Ready-Or-Not
- Got Panstarrs?
- Comet Panstarrs - The Movie
- Comet Panstarrs Meets the Moon
- Comet Panstarrs From Antelope Pass
- Comet Panstarrs from Granite Gap
For more information, see the Wikipedia entry about the comet.
Technical Details
- Object: Comet Panstarrs - 2013 Mar 12 - 2
- Date/Time: 2013 Mar 12
- Location: San Simon, AZ
- Mount: Bogen 3001 Tripod
- Lens: Nikkor AI 180mm f/2.8
- Camera: Nikon D300
- Exposure: 2s, f/2.8, ISO 400
- File Name: Panstarrs13-0228w.jpg
- Rights: Copyright 2013 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.