Long anti-tail of comet PanSTARRS
Unusually bad weather was in Europe during May 2013. It was cloudy and extremely rainy. This weather
resulted in devastating floods in Central Europe. The night of May 29/30 gave me the first
opportunity to take an image of the enormous anti-tail of comet PanSTARRS. After heavy rain, a small
period of partially clear sky came. This image is made of only five short exposures taken through
holes in clouds. The brightest star in the image is Polaris. The anti-tail is the result of viewing
geometry. It is oriented to the Sun in the projection to the sky only. In reality it is not oriented
Sun-ward in 3D space.
Click on the image or on the following reference to display the
higher resolution image version (1.3 MB, PNG format).
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| Image | 2013_05_29-30_dr.png |
| Date | 29. 05. 2013 |
| Time | 21:57 - 22:04 UT (23:57 - 00:04 local time) |
| Place | Brno - Komín, Czech Republic |
| Conditions | Very high humidity (after long heavy rain), thin fog, a lot of clouds |
| Optics | Canon EF 200mm 1:2.8 L II, Astronomik CLS filter |
| Camera | Canon EOS 5D Mark II |
| Exposure | 5×30 s, ISO 3200 |
| Processing | image processing: Miloslav Druckmüller |
| Copyright | © 2013 Miloslav Druckmüller |
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Miloslav Druckmüller
Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
druckmuller@fme.vutbr.cz
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Page last update: 14.8.2013
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