Daniel Fischer
Today it took Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann a 12-inch telescope and 27 minutes of total exposure time to show #comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) this nicely: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2382646772252141 - but if it stays the course (brightness-wise speaking) it could be quite impressive for much smaller gear as well as the human eye just a month from now.
Mar 19 at 10:52pmWeb
Show threadDaniel Fischer1d ago
Lots of fascinating detail in the plasma tail of #comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) this morning in an image by Christoph Gerhard with a 30-cm telescope: https://www.klostersternwarte.de/aktuelles/ein-%C3%BCberraschender-komet-c-2025-r3-panstarrs - this one will stay with us (Northerners) for another three week low before/at dawn before getting lost in the Sun's glare (when dust forward scattering could brighten it even more).
Show threadDaniel Fischer17h ago
What #comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) - more pictures from the 28th in https://www.danilopivato.com/solar_system/comets/c2025_r3_panstarrs/2026.03.28.html and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=34496897756622967 and https://x.com/hositosorekara/status/2037645491253780614 and https://www.facebook.com/groups/227002358661288/posts/1726756352019207 - may be up to brightness-wise and what the viewing geometry will be in central Europe: explanations in https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-26-marz-2026/#Mar29
Show threadKevin FreitasMar 19
@cosmos4u Beautiful! Already set a reminder to check around then in hopes of seeing it at least with my Dwarf II.
Show threadDaniel FischerMar 19
@KevinFreitas Until about April 10th - when it might reach 4th mag., faintly visible to the naked eye - it's decently high in the morning just before dawn, then it get's complicated while the brightness should surge.