Hi Dion, Thanks. But it's times like this that I wish I could shoot wide field. Now if I could just figure a way to use my Schmidt camera with CCD... :) As for brightness, MPC says it's currently about 10. But remember that's a cometary magnitude so you're going to need a pretty big scope to see it. patrick On 31 May 2013, at 10:21, Dion Davidson wrote:

Patrick Beautiful photo! Thanks for posting. As I mentioned in my "frustrated" post I looked for PANSTARRS in the dark skies of Montana, where it was quite high in the morning, but no luck. I even tried some long exposure photography with my camera riding piggy back to see if I could pick it up like I used to back in March. What do you estimate the brightness of that central blob to be? I only have a 10"SCT so maybe it's outside my range anyway. Thanks Dion

________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 5:03 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] PANSTARRS this morning

A quick shot of the comet before closing this morning.

http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2011_L4.2013MAY31.JPG

I hope someone here with wide-feild capabilities can try this comet.

patrick

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I have toyed with the idea. But it's so rare that I need something wide field it just wouldn't be worth the investment. It sure is a pretty comet, though. And, for once, it's actually an object better placed for viewing here than in Hawaii. :) patrick Sent from my iPad On May 31, 2013, at 15:05, Rob Ratkowski <ratkwski@gmail.com> wrote:

Aloha Patrick

Time to invest in a wide field RC 6" or so eh??

Aloha Rob

Here is a wider shot of Panstarrs. 10 minutes of data at 6400 ISO. 8" sct, f6.3 ff/fr, Canon T3i Also shot Markarians Chain and M51. Made a guide scope for my LX90 last week or so and things sort of came together finally. Night and day difference between guide scope and no guide scope. http://www.astrobin.com/users/ratskrad/ http://www.astrobin.com/43771/ On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:

Thanks. Now it's your turn to shoot it. :)

patrick

On 31 May 2013, at 16:56, Tyler Allred wrote:

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Patrick, I had no idea this was still such a good object. Great shot! Tyler

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Those images are looking good! Congrats on getting all the pieces working together so well... it isn't easy. Cheers, Tyler Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On June 1, 2013 5:16:04 PM Robert Taylor <ratskradmt@gmail.com> wrote:

Here is a wider shot of Panstarrs. 10 minutes of data at 6400 ISO. 8" sct, f6.3 ff/fr, Canon T3i Also shot Markarians Chain and M51. Made a guide scope for my LX90 last week or so and things sort of came together finally. Night and day difference between guide scope and no guide scope.

http://www.astrobin.com/users/ratskrad/

http://www.astrobin.com/43771/

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:

...

Thanks. Now it's your turn to shoot it. :)

patrick

On 31 May 2013, at 16:56, Tyler Allred wrote:

...

Patrick, I had no idea this was still such a good object. Great shot! Tyler

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Why not, Patrick? He's entered some wonderful stuff in the past! -- Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 4:27 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] PANSTARRS this morning Nice shots.  That is one weird looking comet. Just too bad you can't (I think) enter it in the SLAS photo contest. patrick On 01 Jun 2013, at 17:16, Robert Taylor wrote:

Here is a wider shot of Panstarrs. 10 minutes of data at 6400 ISO. 8" sct, f6.3 ff/fr, Canon T3i Also shot Markarians Chain and M51. Made a guide scope for my LX90 last week or so and things sort of came together finally. Night and day difference between guide scope and no guide scope.

http://www.astrobin.com/users/ratskrad/

http://www.astrobin.com/43771/

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