C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 29.03.2026

Mar 31st, 2026

9 m

The comet's altitude above the horizon at the time of capture was less than 14 degrees. There was high-altitude cloud cover, haze near the horizon, plus the Moon had not yet set (phase +0.94). I planned to take 10 one-minute exposures, but one of the original frames had to be discarded during stacking in DSS.

Mar 29th, 2026

5 m

Shot on the morning of March 29 through high-altitude clouds in the pre-dawn sky. Altitude about 14 degrees above the horizon, with a large city 50 km away in the direction of the shot. Stacked 10 frames of 30 seconds each in DSS. Processed in Siril and PS. Shooting time 5:18-5:24 local time (+2 Moscow). The background didn't turn out very well.