Here is some more detailed information from my colleague-astronomer: >>>>> Comets are fickle, so it is always hard to predict the evolution of the tails as it approaches perihelion. This comet was discovered by the PanSTARRS project, a 2.5m telescope in Hawaii (with more planned) which digitizes the sky regularly to find Near Earth Objects.
http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/Comet-Panstarrs_Mar-7-20_556px.jpg This shows you where to look. This was made for 40degN so the comet will be higher in the sky here at 30deg. It will be brightest starting 9 March or so. It will be very easy to locate on the 12th relative to the Moon. http://medsa.skyandtelescope.com/images/j_EOS+6D4140_16.jpg The photo was taken a few days ago in Argentina showing a nicely developed dust tail. A good comet will have the dust tail extend at least 45deg or so. <<<<< I hope this would be helpful to some people. Igor Fri Mar 8 00:27:42 EST 2013 Darren Addy wrote: > Sky and Telescope page on observing Comet Panstarrs: > http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/185665152.html > > It is still so close to the sun that (right now) you need to be > looking in the still light part of the sky to see it, and even then it > is a challenge: > http://spaceweather.com/gallery/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=77293 > Each night is is moving a bit farther from the sun (and so into darker > skies after sunset). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
