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Comet Pan-STARRS on March 2, 2013
Astrophotographer Luis Argerich of Buenos Aires, Argentina, took this photo of Comet Pan-STARRS taken on March 2, 2013. He writes: "Easy to see with the naked eye from rural locations."
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Comet Pan-STARRS C/2011 L4
Credit: Terry Lovejoy/Australia
Comet Pan-STARRS C/2011 L4, discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Haleakala in June 2011, is expected to become visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere in March. The comet is currently visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Comet Lemmon Seen in New Zealand
Credit: John Drummond
Astrophotographer John Drummond sent in his photo of Comet Lemmon taken on Jan. 23, 2013, in New Zealand.
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Comet Pan-STARRS Seen in Buenos Aires
Astrophotographer Luis Argerich of Buenos Aires, Argentina, took this photo of Comet Pan-STARRS taken on March 2, 2013. He writes: "While the tail was still short it was easy to see with the naked eye and very bright."
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Comet Lemmon Seen in Auckland, New Zealand.
Credit: Brent Russell/SkySlab Observatory
Brent Russell of SkySlab Observatory, Auckland, New Zealand, provides this photo of Comet Lemmon taken Feb. 17, 2013. He writes: "Currently it is binocular visible in the city suburbs, not naked eye."
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Comet Pan-STARRS Telescope Photo
Credit: Science@NASA
A telescope photo of comet Pan-STARRS, which may become visible to the naked eye in March 2013.
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Comet Pan-STARRS Seen in Buenos Aires #2
Astrophotographer Luis Argerich of Buenos Aires, Argentina, took this photo of Comet Pan-STARRS taken on March 2, 2013. He writes: "Comet Pan-STARRS was visible from about 8:15 pm to 9 pm above the western horizon."
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Comets Lemmon and Pan-STARRS Together at Last
Credit: Justin Tilbrook
Astrophotographer Justin Tilbrook of Penwortham, South Australia, caught this photo of Comets Lemmon (bottom left) and Pan-STARRS (right near the Small Magellanic Cloud) together on Feb. 17. 2013. He writes: "This is the one I've been waiting for…. Don't mind saying it was difficult to set this up, a narrow window before sunrise, 4 degrees of hill in the way, limitations with the dome slit and having to mount the camera at the front of the scope at a very odd angle. Took about an hour."
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The Comet and the Laser
Credit: G.Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)/ESO
ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) tested a new laser for the VLT on Feb. 14, 2013. To the right of the centre of the image, just below the Small Magellanic Cloud, streaks comet Lemmon.
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Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) Discovered by Asteroid Telescope
Credit: Institute for Astronomy/University of Hawaii/Pan-STARRS
Discovery image of the newfound comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), taken by Hawaii's Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD (Tony Farnham)
The comet that may put on a spectacular light show during a November date with the Sun, was observed by the Deep Impact mission. The spacecraft has also had close fly-bys of comet's Tempel 1 and Hartley 2 and scientific observations of Garradd.
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Comet ISON in Telescope View
Credit: Science@NASA
This still from a NASA video identifies comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), better known as Comet ISON, in a telescope image.
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Comet ISON in Night Sky
Credit: John Chumack
Skywatcher Vernon Dye took this shot of Comet ISON on Jan. 8, 2012. Comet ISON c/2012 S1 is currently in the Constellation of Gemini, moving between the head of the Twins Castor and Pollux.
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Newly Discovered Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)
Credit: Remanzacco Observatory/Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero & Nick Howes
This image shows the newfound comet C/2012 (ISON) as seen by the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy. The image, taken by amateur astronomers Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero and Nick Howes, is a confirmation view of the comet, which was first discovered by Vitali Nevski (Vitebsk, Belarus) and Artyom Novichonok (Kondopoga, Russia). Image released Sept. 24, 2012.
