Comets Lemmon and Pan-STARRS Together at Last
Astrophotographer Justin Tilbrook of Penwortham, South Australia, caught this photo of Comets Lemmon (bottom left) and Pan-STARRS (right near the Small Magellanic Cloud) together on Feb. 17. 2013. He writes: "This is the one I've been waiting for…. Don't mind saying it was difficult to set this up, a narrow window before sunrise, 4 degrees of hill in the way, limitations with the dome slit and having to mount the camera at the front of the scope at a very odd angle. Took about an hour."
Comet Pan-STARRS Seen in Buenos Aires
Astrophotographer Luis Argerich of Buenos Aires, Argentina, took this photo of Comet Pan-STARRS taken on March 2, 2013. He writes: "While the tail was still short it was easy to see with the naked eye and very bright."
Comet Pan-STARRS Night Sky Path: 2013
This graphic depicts the path of comet Pan-STARRS across the night sky from March to May in 2013.
Comet Pan-STARRS View from Australia
Full view of Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS as seen from Mount Dale, Western Australia. The lights on the distant horizon are from the city of Armadale, which is southeast of Perth.
Comet Pan-STARRS Photo by John Drummond: January 2013
New Zealand stargazer John Drummond captured this image of comet Pan-STARRS on Jan. 23, 2013. The comet may become visible to the naked eye in March 2013.
Comet Pan-STARRS Telescope Photo
A telescope photo of comet Pan-STARRS, which may become visible to the naked eye in March 2013.
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) Discovered by Asteroid Telescope
Discovery image of the newfound comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), taken by Hawaii's Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
Comet Pan-STARRS Photo and Telescope
This still image from a NASA video shows a black and white view of comet Pan-STARRS (background), as well as an image of the comet's discovery photo (inset bottom) and the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) Telescope in Hawaii that spotted the comet in June 2011.
Comet Pan-STARRS on March 5, 2013
This NASA diagram shows the location in the solar system of comet Pan-STARRS, also known as comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), as it will be on March 5, 2013, when the comet will be closest to Earth - about 100 million miles away.
Comet Pan-STARRS on March 10, 2013
This NASA diagram shows the location in the solar system of comet Pan-STARRS, also known as comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), as it will be on March 10, 2013, when the comet is closest to the sun.
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