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What a great year this is for comets! Please post your 2013 comet images here.

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C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) opens The Year of the Comet
http://cometografia.es
Copyright: José J. Chambó First seen here.

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Comet Lemmon crossing the Southern Cross
http://www.luisargerich.com
Copyright: Luis Argerich First seen here.

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Comet Lemmon
Copyright: Dieter Willasch
http://astro-cabinet.com/showimage.php? ... ng=english First seen here.

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Comet Linear C/2012 K5
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack First seen here.

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Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
http://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com
Copyright: Rolf Wahl Olsen Link to large image: http://goo.gl/1cL0l
First appeared here.

Comet C/2012 F6 Lemmon - Streaking through space
Copyright: Sam Frizza First seen here.

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Comet Lemmon and PANSTARRS Timelapse
http://www.terrastro.com/about/ http://www.twanight.org/cherney/
Copyright: Alex Cherney

First seen here.

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A lovely Lemmon tail
http://philhart.com/content/comet-lemmo ... ruary-2013
Copyright: Phil Hart First seen here.

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Comet Panstarrs and Iridium Flare
Copyright: Luis Argerich First seen here.

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Comets from the South
http://www.pampaskies.com/
Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo First seen here.

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C/2011 L4 Panstarrs
Copyright: Victor Bibé
From Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina First seen here.

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Comet Lemmon and globular cluster 47 Tucanae
Copyright: Guillermo Abramson
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12759894@N06/8555911460/ First seen here.
Note: Updated flickr link

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Panstarrs C/2011 L4 and Lemmon C/2012 F6 after sunset
http://www.lco.cl
Copyright: Yuri Beletsky
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Comet Panstarrs (C/2011 L4)
Copyright: Petra de Ruyter
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Panstarrs over Table Mountain
Copyright: Carol Botha
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Comet PANSTARRS over Cape Leeuwin
http://www.colinleggphotography.com
Copyright: Colin Legg
[attachment=1]2013-03-01-Comet-Panstarrs-APOD.jpg[/attachment]

Panstarrs
http://astro-cabinet.com/loggedon.php
Copyright: Dieter Willasch
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Comet Panstarrs
Copyright: Luis Argerich
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More details and larger version: http://philhart.com/content/comet-hunting-march

cheers
Phil

Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) over Table Mountain
Copyright: Carol Botha

C/2012 L4 meets Air Mauritius MK140 near Coco Island (lagoon of Rodrigues Island)
Copyright: Brice Allenbrand & Alain Moreau (RODSKY) Composition with Starmax (http://ggrillot.free.fr/astro/starmax.html) and levels averaging using Photoshop.

March the 4th. Around 7 PM local time (UTC+4).
Location : http://goo.gl/1rxmI (19°43'31" S 63°20'20" E)
Nikon D700
Sigma 70-210 F/2.8
400 ISO (2s for the Comet, 1/250s for the ATR)
Brice Allenbrand, Alain Moreau, Marylou Augustin (Ile Rodrigues, Rodrigues island)

Comets PanSTARRS and Lemmon imaged in February

Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
website: http://www.pampaskies.com

Comet PanSTARRS at dusk of March 3

Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
website: http://www.pampaskies.com

Here is C/2011 L4 Panstarrs taken on the 5.3.13 just after sunset as the comet sinks into the horizon.v

C/2012 S1 (ISON)
http://remanzacco.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/comets77
Copyright: Ernesto Guido, Kris Rochowicz & Nick Howes
[attachment=1]C_2012_S1_ISON_FTN_04_March_2013.JPG[/attachment]

Comet Panstarrs setting behind the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope
Copyright: http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/people/sar049/
John M. Sarkissian
[attachment=0]Comet_Panstarrs_5March2013_00.jpg[/attachment]

Comet Panstars over Brazil
Copyright: Marnes Augusto Hoff
[attachment=0]Comet Panstars over Brazil.jpg[/attachment]

C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
http://remanzacco.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/comets77
Copyright: Ernesto Guido & Nick Howes
[attachment=1]C2013 A1 (Siding Spring)_March_07_2013_FTS.JPG[/attachment]

Comet C/2011 L4 PanStarrs from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)
http://www.astroeduca.com/
Copyright: Francisco A. Rodriguez Ramirez
[attachment=0]C2011L2_09032013.jpg[/attachment]

Panstarrs has appeared in the North! It took a while to find in the waning light of sunset, but showed a nice tail through 10 x 50 binocs. Very difficult to see without magnification, but it will rise each night and (hopefully) have a bit more contrast. I snapped a few images from Southern New Mexico last night (3/10) with a 300mm f/4 lens on a fixed tripod. I hope to do a better shot in the next few days.

Comet PanSTARRS on 03/11/2013 near the McDonald Observatory in West Texas.
Shot details are: Tripod mounted Canon T1i, Canon 70-300mm lens @ 300mm, ISO 400, f5.6, 4 sec.

Comet LEMMON 10/03/2013
Copyright: Steven Saffi

Comet Pan Starrs against the Canary Islands skies.
Taken from the top of the mountains of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands,Spain). The comet is beginning to show a much brighter and enlongated tail for northern hemispheres.
Each night is more exciting than the previous one, as the comet gains height and angular separation from our Sun.
I hope you like it.

Javier Falcón

Comet Panstarrs is moving fast to the western horizon, besides the street lights! I could see it with naked eyes today and could see the tail. Beautiful!
I wish it wasn't moving as fast so I could enjoy the beautiful view more.

Constantine Emmanouilidi

hello,
tonight very nice comet in the camargue sky...
canon 300 mm F/2.8 eos 5DMII 800 iso
best regards

Philippe TOSI (France-Nîmes)
with moon :

Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS
http://www.dutchdeepsky.com/?p=730
Copyright: Maurice Toet

The Comet between the Clouds
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radicalret ... 553574544/
Copyright: Marion Haligowski


The Comet between the Clouds by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

The forecast was calling for cloudy weather but finally a small break developed in the western sky enabling me to capture a few shots of Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS). I really wanted to capture the crescent moon with the comet but the clouds prevented me from doing so. The photo was taken with a Canon T2i and a Canon 100mm f/2.0 prime lens at f/3.5 (2.5 seconds at ISO 400).

Comet PANSTARRS near downtown Dallas
Large version at:
http://davidpearson-photo.smugmug.com/A ... -sm-X2.jpg

C/2011L4 PANSTARRS over the Santa Cruz Mountains
www.ancientstarlight.com
Copyright: Drew Sullivan

Comet Panstarrs 2011/L4 taken over Huntsville, Al 3/12/2013
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.
http://api.ning.com/files/0txgB9E*9ott8 ... 2011L4.jpg

Comet PANSTARRS C/2011 L4 from Colorado, 12 March 2013

Looked beautiful this evening, with western clouds breaking up just in time to catch the Moon and the comet a few minutes before they set. I drove a few miles to a better location, but came back when the clouds there failed to clear, and got this from our barnyard. The comet was barely visible to the naked eye without using averted vision, and stunning in binoculars.
1.6 s, f/6.3, 135 mm, ISO 400.