Comet Panstarrs C/2011 L4
Comet in North Eastern sky before sunrise
For Thursday April 11th, 2013

Uploaded 4/13/13

 
 The
            seemingly perpetual cloud parted for one morning this week, and
            I was finally after a month of total cloud outs able to get the
            shot of the comet and M31 in the same image. The top image here
            gives a wide field view, with the 17mm lens and the second and
            third images with this lens zoomed in to 70mm to capture Cassiopeia,
            the comet and M31 spiral galaxy all in one shot. Both the comet
            and M31 were fairly easy naked eye objects, appearing much like
            the first image here. The comet is currently around 3.5 magnitude,
            and moving into Cassiopeia while getting dimmer in the week ahead.
 

            
17mm f/5.6, ASA400, 5 mins total
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40mm f/5.6, ASA400, 5 mins total
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Same as above with lines connecting
the stars of the W of Cassiopeia
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Lens:  Canon 17-40mm L lens with Canon XTi / Hutech modified camera
Platform:  Televue GEM
Exposure:  1 min x 5 = 5 minutes total
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  40F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DSLR, Photoshop CS2

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