Comet Pan-STARRS Sails off into the Sunset

Posted by rzaballa
on Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Comet Pan-STARRS is adjacent to the young crescent moon. This image was taken after sunset from Acworth, GA on March 12, 2013 around 8:30 PM local time (March 13, 2013, 00:30 UT). A Pentax K110D DSLR camera with a Pentax 18-55 mm zoom lens was used at maximum zoom. Exposure time was 12 seconds. Image by Robert Zaballa.

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