Comet PANSTARRS C/2011 L4 and the Earthlit waxing Moon, March 13, 2013, over the Chiricahua Mountains, in Arizona, but seen from New Mexico, from the Painted Pony Resort. A 6s exposure at f/2.5 and ISO 200 with the Canon 60Da and 50mm Sigma lens.
The Gegenschein in the springtime evening sky from the northern hemisphere, from New Mexico, March 2013. It is the glow left of centre in southern Leo, and is sunlight reflected off comet and meteoric dust in the inner solar system but outside Earth's orbit. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute tracked exposures with the Samyang 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. trails from flaring geostationary satellites are below the Gegenschein, near the opposition point.
Comet Garradd (C/2009 R1) next to M15 globular cluster, Aug 1/2, 2011, with Astro-Physics 130mm f/6 apochromatic refractor and Canon 7D camera. Stack of 4 x 8 minute exposures at ISO800, but comet image only from the last frame (it moved significantly from exposure to exposure).
