A Summer Comet: Our Guide to Observing X1 PanSTARRS

By David Dickinson May 3, 2016
A Summer Comet: Our Guide to Observing X1 PanSTARRS

New comet 2013 X1 PanSTARRS is currently projected to be a +7th mag AM object. The view May 3rd 2016: pic.twitter.com/DvCer32il6

New comet 2013 X1 PanSTARRS is currently projected to be a +7th mag AM object. The view May 3rd 2016: pic.twitter.com/DvCer32il6

David Dickinson

David Dickinson

David Dickinson is a freelance science writer and long-time sky watcher. He has built telescopes and observatories, chased eclipses, and travels and observes with his wife, Myscha, on a mission to get ‘eyes on the sky’ worldwide. His books The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Observing the Cosmos, The Astronomer’s Deep-Sky Field Guide and science fiction short stories are available here.