Comet Panstarrs naked eye

[Tamtarn]

Just been able to see Comet Panstarrs naked eye from our backyard.
Absolutely amazing.
Now watching through 15x70 binos what a thrill!
Barb

[omegacrux (David)]

Same could see it naked eye and with 10x32 bino's
So couldn't help myself got out the 10in Dob looked great .
Two comets in one night how good is that !

David

[anthony.tony]

Hello did the same last night On a painters Stepladder To clear trees from my Backyard-Could see it naked eye with some tail- Looked Stunning in my Vien 80mm Bino's -Tony

[MortonH]

Alas, seems I'm destined not to see Panstarrs. Looks cloudy till the end of the week and by then it'll be too close to the sun.

[ving (David)]

in sydney its shrouded by the great cloud nebula...

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by MortonH

Alas, seems I'm destined not to see Panstarrs. Looks cloudy till the end of the week and by then it'll be too close to the sun.

Going by recent Sydney weather, we should either sell all the astro gear, or move.

[JetDragon (Dave)]

What is the best tim (EST) to see PANSTARRS? We have a break in the clouds to the SW here on the Central Coast at the moment - hoping there might be a chance tonight!!!!

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by JetDragon

What is the best tim (EST) to see PANSTARRS? We have a break in the clouds to the SW here on the Central Coast at the moment - hoping there might be a chance tonight!!!!

Dave, we started searching about 8pm last night the best view was 8.30-9pm, the sky was darkening enough to see it naked eye.
If you have binos you should see it quite easily.
Barb

[JetDragon (Dave)]

Thanks Barb - still reasonably clear here at 7.15 so I have my fingers crossed

cheers

Dave

[Jen]

yes me tooooooo so i took a few happy snaps the tail on this one is so beautiful

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

Add me to the list who have seen it naked eye. Got a nice glimpse of it here in Adelaide tonight.

[Yaar (Zain)]

Thank you for all the reports. They make me wait eagerly for the evening sightings of the comet from up north. The daytime skies here in Karachi have been a beautiful crisp blue and the night time skies wonderfully transparent since February's last week.

Haven't been able to edit the ssystim.ini file within the <Documents&settings\<username>\appl ication data\stellarium\data> folder of Stellarium because the parent folder is locked and I cannot open it, so not exactly sure when PanSTARRS would first appear above the horizon at dusk from my city (24.9 N). Anyway I hope the excellent skies all the way to the horizon continue to be around.

I have a cross-country flight scheduled for the 10th around dusk Trying to secure a left window side seat on that 747, because it would be facing west.

I've already seen the Milky Way, Omega Centauri and a meteor from an airplane window: http://dawn.com/2013/02/16/is-it-a-p...it-is-the-iss/ Comet PanSTARRS would be a very nice addition to the list. Let's see how it goes.

[gbeal]

Yes, a nice sight, and I am convinced I saw Lemmon naked eye as well last night, Imaged both, a night to remember.
Gary

[PS19.1 (Greg)]

Anyone got any maps to locate Panstarrs and Lemmon over the next few days.
Greg

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Yaar

Thank you for all the reports. They make me wait eagerly for the evening sightings of the comet from up north. The daytime skies here in Karachi have been a beautiful crisp blue and the night time skies wonderfully transparent since February's last week.

According to CdC, PANSTARRS should be visible in Karachi from around the end of March, and circumpolar by late April.

If you can't update your ssystem.ini, why not try CdC?

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by PS19.1

Anyone got any maps to locate Panstarrs and Lemmon over the next few days.

This is for latitudes around Sydney for 20:00 with DST (or 19:00 for WA). It should be reasonably close for Adelaide and Perth, but they will be higher for Vic and Tas.

[PS19.1 (Greg)]

thanks Andrew.

[MortonH]

I just saw it between the clouds from my balcony!!! Even in the light pollution over western Sydney it was so easy in 7x50 binos and I think I could just make it out naked eye. Took a few snaps on a fixed tripod then ran back inside to get my small scope but the clouds had come in. Think that's it for the night.

It is a really nice looking comet. The northerners are in for a treat soon.

[Tinderboxsky (Steve)]

The persistent clouds cleared tonight in southern Tasmania to provide a clear warm night with good seeing and transparency.

Panstarrs was visible in 7X50 binos at 8.30 pm in the twilight and easily naked eye visible from 8.50 pm. It provided quite a sight as the comet and tail slowly decended towards and finally disappeared behind trees on a ridge approx 10 kilometers away at 9.20 pm.

Comet Lemon was also an easy target with some faint possible naked eye glimpses, though not enough for me to claim a naked eye sighting.

My first time for two comets in the one night - very pleasing.

Steve

[JetDragon (Dave)]

At last - the cloud cleared last evening on the Central Coast just long enough (about 15 mins) to get a nice look at Panstarrs - initially through my 20x60 binos but as the sky got darker with the naked eye too - fantastic.

Had a look through the 70mm refractor too - but for me the best view was with the binos

cheers
Dave