More of our readers had success in capturing the awesomeness of seeing Comet PANSTARRS encounter the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in the night sky. Göran Strand sent us this absolutely gorgeous image, taken from 70 km north of Östersund, Sweden — a really dark site with no light pollution. “This photo is a 30 minute exposure through my 300mm/f2.8 lens using my full format Nikon D3s camera,” Göran said. “Besides seeing the comet and the galaxy, I also got to see 4 elks, 2 meteors, 1 bolide and 1 aurora. So all in all, it was a good night!”
That’s for sure!
See more images below of this great meet-up in the skies, and see our earlier post of our readers’ images here.
Taken from New Mexico Skies at 23:22 UT using an FSQ 10.6-cm and STL11K camera. Credit and copyright: Joseph Brimacombe.
Exposure: 9 x 5min, ISO 1600, F5, 6 x dark frames, 6 x flats frames.
Equipment: Canon 1000D, CG5 Mount, Sigma 70-300mm set at 200mm. Credit and copyright: Brendan Alexander.
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Fantastic images! Here in Arizona we have been clouded out for weeks on the comet. But since the comet is moving along the northern horizon, our southerly latitude of 34N makes is very difficult to see the pair as well. Were hoping to capture it in the morning sky soon. We may be able to see comet Lemmon as well very soon in the morning. Very nice write up Nancy!