It looks as if 2013 will be a good year for comets. This spring Comet Panstarrs is visible in the darkening sky after Sunset and in December comet ISON should put up an even more impressive show.

Sadly cloudy, wintery weather prevailed so far, and I was only able to take a quick peek at comet Panstarrs last friday. I had to sneak out of my own birhday party to have a look and take some quick pictures.

Pictures from March 21st:

Pictures from March 19th:

Pictures from March 15th:

The right picture is a detail of the picture at left.

Lens: Nikon AF-Nikkor 180mm f/2.8
Camera: Nikon D7000
Exposure: 0,4s f/4 @ ISO 1600

Processing: Adobe Lightroom
Date: 15th March 2013