Comet C/2012 K1 (PanSTARRS) October 22 (UT)

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Comet C/2012 K1 (PanSTARRS) 2014 1022. Just a quickie to test the refurbished 6" F5 Newtonian. Clouds wouldn't let me do much more anyway. I like it's diffraction spikes, not something we get with refractors.

[algwat (Alan)]

Yes , nice starry looking stars. Another good one Kevin.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Alan. The comet is rising earlier so more convenient for people to see now too.

[Amaranthus (Barry)]

Excellent Kevin. I was doing some visual observations of this the night before last under dark skies - it looked very much like this. It's quite an impressive object now, albeit with not much of a visible tail.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Yes Barry, unfortunately the two tails it was sporting have faded considerably now for smaller scopes, though they are still visible from the 20" at the SSO.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

A couple more shots from this morning. A still and trailed version. The bright stars in the field are in Puppis.

[anthony.tony]

Nice work - Tony.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Tony.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

From this morning. Still looking cute in the stars of Puppis.

[geolindon (Lindon)]

nice one Kevin!!!
thanks heaps for the effort you put into these n for sharing, congrats on getting the newt going too.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Lindon. Still processing more pics from last night and have to make a right angle finder for the Newt before tonight.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Comet C/2012 K1 (PanSTARRS) 2014 October 28 1400UT. Looks like a short ion tail pointing NW. There's also the old broad dust fan to the NE but it's mostly lost in the star trails.

[icytailmark (Mark)]

fantastic kevin. Did you use an autoguider?

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Mark. No these were all 30 second subs unguided. Most of my comet shots are unguided. The comets mover too fast for very long subs so in a way they are pretty easy to image. Just take lots of short subs and stack on the comet.