Images of Comet C2011 L4 Panstarrs

While waiting to spot the comet for the first time on 13 March 2013, I took this picture of the crescent Moon while an aircraft flew in front, a lucky shot.


As seen on the image above, there were a lot of clouds, especially near the horizon. It was freezing cold but the wait was worthwile as I could spot the comet just for a very short time.

The next day was a better:


Then a period with clouds, the next opportunity was on 29 March 2013, this time I could capture the comet from my observatory, between a tree and a house and also some clouds. The image below is cropped out of the original, it is a stack of 5 images.


After I captured the comet on 29 March, I made an image of M45 and M42 with the same setup, then put the three images next to each other, not cropped but size reduced for this webpage, this gives some comparison of relative size. The images of M45 and M42 were 1 minute exposure.