
This was probably the last night without significant interference from the Moon for Comet Panstarrs. I took advantage of the exceptionally clear evening and decided that I’d give it another go before moonlight washes it out. This base image was in the second to last set I shot this evening and I decided it looked photogenic enough to post. I took 40 x 4 second sub-images and stacked them and then overlayed the results of that on the base image to create this final image.
I made a little animation, too. Check it out:
The animation is about 50 frames from the sets that included the first image. If you click the small version above, the link will take you to a 640×427 version that show the comet better.