Comet Pan-STARRS | Willim & Wendy McMickle

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Photographer:

Willim & Wendy McMickle

Location of Photo:

Beverly Hills Florida

Date/Time of photo:

03/114/2013 9:00pm est

Equipment:

Celestron Nex Star 6SE telescope for finding it, Nikon D3100 camera w/200mm zoom lens, exposure 4.4 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800

Description:

Pan-STARRS C/2011 L4 comet from our backyard in Beverly Hills Florida, Husband was panning with his Celestron when he found it I started taking the pictures. We posted them on our facebook page and got a reply from Earth Sky saying we should submit them to a magazine or newspaper and see if they would like to publish them so we though of you. Thank you for your time.