Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet PANSTARRS is visible in the northern hemisphere! Naked-eye comets don't come along every day.  The last one I saw was Comet Holmes in 2007. Prior to that, the only other naked-eye comet I had seen was Hale-Bopp. I've seen a couple through telescopes, but that doesn't count. :o)

Here are a couple of images of PANSTARRS that I took from my yard this evening:

Comet PANSTARRS; Canon Rebel T3 (1100D); 300mm focal length at f/5.6; 1 second at ISO-400
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Comet PANSTARRS; Canon Rebel T3 (1100D); 300mm focal length at f/5.6; 4 seconds at ISO-1600
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