Comet C/2025 R3 Panstarrs
Taken by Dalouzy Jean-Christophe on April 14, 2026 @
Cherbourg, Normandy, France
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On the morning of April 14th, I got up at 4:00 AM to try and take some pictures of comet C/2025 R3 Panstarrs. It's currently in the square of Pegasus. My sky was perfectly clear with a magnificent Milky Way. However, the comet is really very low (less than 10° above the eastern horizon). I was only able to take 13 exposures for a total of only about 5 minutes and 30 seconds. That's very, very little, but between a few minor power supply issues and waiting for the comet to rise before the sky cleared... it left a very small window.
I used an FS60 telescope with its reducer (f/4.2, giving a focal length of 252 mm) and my Canon 6D at prime focus. The combination works really well for this type of object. I get a diagonal field of view of almost 10°. We note that the comet covers almost the entire diagonal of the sensor, i.e. a tail which must reach a good 9°.
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