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Re: [OM] Comet PanSTARRS - Yawn?

Subject: Re: [OM] Comet PanSTARRS - Yawn?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:45:32 -0400
I figured that visibility would be about as you said.  I didn't try.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/19/2013 4:44 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> For the first time in what seemed to be months, we finally had a clear
> evening, so we headed out after sunset to try and see Comet PanSTARRS.
> Honestly, if it wasn't for "an app for that", I probably wouldn't have
> found it. In fact, it remained invisible to my human eyes. However,
> not to the camera. I pointed the camera at the spot it was supposed to
> be and amazingly enough, it showed up!
>
> As the moon gets brighter, PanSTARRS will be harder to find or
> photograph.It's a tough bird, for sure. I suspect that the spectral
> breakdown of it is such that the human eye is not seeing it well, but
> the camera is.
>
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