Comet 2012 F3 PanSTARRS

Comet 2012 F3 PanSTARRS is a very distant comet, with a perihelion distance of around 3.4AU. It reached around magnitude 14.5 at perihelion during April 2015. When the images below was taken, the comet was around 16th magnitude and fading very slightly.


Comet 2012 F3 PanSTARRS. 25 June, 2015.
Combination of 5, 3 minute images, SBIG ST9XE CCD.
12" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.


Comet 2012 F3 PanSTARRS. 19 July, 2015.
Combination of 5, 3 minute images
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 cassegrain at prime focus.


Comet 2012 F3 PanSTARRS. 7 September, 2015.
Combination of 5, 3 minute images, SBIG ST9XE CCD.
12" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.