Astroblog: Comet C/2011 L4 Panstarrs

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Comet C/2011 L4 Panstarrs

Globular cluster M4, Sigma Scorpii (and associated nebulosity), IC 4603 and comet C/2001 L4 Panstarrs. Click on the images to embiggen. The left hand image, showing the full field, is somewhat large but worth it. The right hand image is a close-up of Sigma Scorpii, showing the location of the comet.

Rather nice little picture if I say so myself.Taken with iTelecope T14. Stack of 4 images, stretched in FITS liberator, summed in ImageJ and then stacked and despeckled.

Labels: cluster, comet, comets, iTelescope