Comet PanSTARRS C/2011 L4 over corn field and under Andromeda and M31

Posted by AASTARMAN
on Thursday, April 4, 2013

This image was taken 3-30-13 at 7:57 pm. Camera Canon 60Da, 70-200mm f/2.8 @70mm at f/2.8. ISO 3200, exposure time 2 sec. Manual exposure on a tripod.

This image was taken at the edge of a corn field, from Long Island, NY. The comet is mostly centered ,but to the top right of the of the image is the Galaxy M31

Comet appears 10 degrees Altitude, and apparent magnitude at 4.22. Imaged from Long Island , NY.

Processed with PhotoShop CS 6 and cropped. The Constellation Andromeda appears above comet

Tags: Comet
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