Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS, which was discovered 2 years ago, is the 3rd comet that I’ve ever imaged and with a magnitude of around +7.8 on 15 June 2014, it’s one of the summer binocular comets to watch out for this year now. Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS was located near the +4.5 magnitude star 21 Leo Minoris (bright star on lower left of comet) at imaging time and it’s high above the horizon after sunset if you’re imaging it from the Northern hemisphere. Coming mid-July, the comet will disappear from view after sunset and reappear again before sunrise in mid-September.
Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS near 21 Leo Minoris star on 15 June 2014
The inverted view of Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS.
Inverted view of C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS on 15 June 2014
I’ve also managed to capture a shooting star while I was imaging the comet with the Blue filter!
Shooting star above C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS on 15 June 2014
Check out the two time-lapse videos that I have made for Comet ISON and Comet Lovejoy last year.
