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Re: [OM] Comet PanSTARRS - Yawn?

Subject: Re: [OM] Comet PanSTARRS - Yawn?
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:43:54 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>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.
>

     Haven't been able to see it yet due to high cloud cover in the evenings.  
I'm hoping for a clear evening soon, but we have a weather system moving in for 
the entire weekend.


Chris
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