Photography by Dave Schmahl

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Date:  Tuesday, March 14, 2013
Time:  7:43 PM PDT
Location:  Mt. Palomar, California. 

200mm lens, Canon 60D, 6400 ISO
1/5 secs exposure, f 4.5

temperature ~60 degrees, no wind.

I could not find the comet in my binoculars, so I took this panoramic view of the western horizon, hoping that the comet would show up in the photograph. It did!  Move your mouse over the image to see the labels appear and the location of Comet PanSTARRS.