Comet C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS) and The Moon.

[cometcatcher]

C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS) and Moon July 18 0840UT, 2 x 30 seconds with an ED80 @ F4, cropped.

Not an easy one to process as the Moon was throwing flare all over the place.

[kkara4]

kev that is just sensational!

[dylan_odonnell]

My god, great job!

[doppler]

Well done and nicely framed. Going a bit wider field was the way to go tonight. Took the 10" to the sports field down the road but it came in damp and misty and Elise did better with the 5" refractor. That tail sure is long though. Hope the clouds give us a break for another night at least.

[plantnerd]

Simply breathtaking all the more dissapointed I got clouded out will try to process my pano including Jupiter Venus and Panstarrs

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Great work Kevin!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

What a rare and wonderful image.

Cheers,

Justin.

[OzEclipse]

That's a really great image Kevin. Amazing detail so close to the lunar limb.

[tel.lekatsas]

Another great image Kevin. Wonderful detail in the tails again.

[Tony_]

Great image Kevin!
Is this comet visible with binoculars - I tried to see it tonight but I couldn't. Maybe it wasn't dark enough?

Tony.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks all!

The comet should be visible in binoculars, though I guess it depends on sky conditions since it is so low. If there's too much smog it could make it difficult.

[Derek Klepp]

Lovely pic

[astroboof]

Beautiful! cheers for the view, something about that one that is very very nice.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Derek and Steve!

[Liz]

A cracker Kevin :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Liz!

[h0ughy]

great result Kevin, look at that tail!!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Dave. The tail is crazy long!

[ourkind]

Top shot!! Definitely living up to your alias! :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Carlos. I enjoy chasing them for some reason.

[shahgazer]

:thumbsup: This is a keeper!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Shah!

[netwolf]

Top shot, given the proximity of the Moon great details on the comet.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Fahim!

[BruceG]

One of the most striking astro images I have seen Kevin. I even like it more than your APOD image (not to take anything away from that one - it too is superb), but to me this image is sublime.
Bruce.

[Regulus]

That's an impressive result, and especially given the huge studio light you used :lol:

I haven't been able to catch sight of this comet sadly, but among the photos I have seen, this stands out.
Well done - Trev

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Bruce, glad you like it.



Thanks Trev. Hope you can sight it soon as it's stating to fade.

This image does have some processing that is similar to HDR in that the comet and Moon were not equally stretched. A bit like what we do to the core of the Orion Nebula so we don't burn out the bright areas. In that respect the image is not linear in tonal range. But then neither is the Orion nebula if we want to see the core as well as the outer loops.

[strongmanmike]

A great portrait that Kevin, nicely handled too :thumbsup:

Mike

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Mike! It's not often we see a '"bright" comet near the Moon. The last time I caught something similar was with Hale-Bopp in 1997.

[Tamtarn]

Wow a fantastically unique image Kevin, brilliant work!!
Barb

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Barb!