Panstarrs over Cape Leeuwin

[colinmlegg]

Had a nice view of Panstarrs from the SW corner of WA last night. It was quite bright and easily visible naked eye.

Attached image was taken just after 8pm @ 120mm, f/2.8, iso 3200, 2 sec. I'm down here for the weekend, so hopefully I'll get another view tonight :)

[Ian Cooper]

As always Colin a superbly composed picture. It reminds me of the views that I had of Comet West over three nights in mid February 1976. West was about a magnitude brighter than Pan-STARRS and went onto put on a spectacular display in the morning sky for the northern hemisphere which everyone would have seen pictures of. Looking forward to some more of your fine efforts.

Cheers, Coops.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Wow Colin!!

What a beautiful composition, that deserves to go on APOD.

Cheers,

Justin.

[alexch]

Very very nice image, Colin! and as quite creative use of twilight sky. I was thinking about a similar image at Cape Schanck lighthouse.

Cheers,
Alex

[Octane]

As mentioned elsewhere, a beautiful image that is a modern day rendition of Church and Turner. :)

H

[Larryp]

Really nice, Colin!

[iceman]

Bloody hell Colin!

Incredible.

[icytailmark]

i so wish i could see this comet but the rain never stops in sydney. Nothing but clouds for the past 2 weeks or more

[Mick]

Awesome :thumbsup:

[midnight]

Fantastic capture Colin. Well done!

Darrin...

[RobF]

Awesome. Please do submit to the APOD team.
:bowdown:

[CapturingTheNight]

Simply brilliant Colin :thumbsup: I'll third the APOD motion.

[Regulus]

Another worthy one Colin, do keep em coming.

Trevor

[anthony.tony]

Nice Work - Tony

[SkyViking]

What a great shot that is, just beautiful! :) Thanks for the view Colin.

[h0ughy]

How awesome is that shot? What a lovely piece of work it is

[Osirisra]

Stunner! well done :)

[StephenM]

Excellent image Colin! Well done.

Cheers,
Stephen

[colinmlegg]

Thanks for the great feedback, guys :)




Ian, what are your thoughts now that it's swung north? Will it put on a show like West? I thoroughly enjoyed my short encounter with it, especially seeing 2 naked eye comets in the same quarter of sky :)

[gregbradley]

Terrific composition.

Greg.

[suma126]

great image Colin a magical part of the world. have a great day