Burkhard Leitner

[Con Stoitsis @vivstoitsis]

Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS from the dark skies west of Rockhampton. Its tail was passing in front of the Witch Head nebula .
Sky and foreground images taken with a Canon R6 MkII and Samyang 135mm F/2.0 lens. Courtesy Kelvin Hennessy.

[Haru🇦🇺大学院inブリスベン @Haru_koala]

昨夜撮った、オリオン座を突き抜けて、魔女の横顔星雲に到達するパンスターズ彗星(C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS))

総露光時間8分、かなりの低空でも、めっちゃ光害少ない場所だったから、ちょっと分子雲の感じ出て嬉しい

[Con Stoitsis @vivstoitsis]

Comet R3 PanSTARRS over the Swis Alps
José Rodrigues
2026 April 9
Sion, Switzerland

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

The comet doesn‘t look so dead to me…. ?

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

@JAtanackov The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated ?

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) now bright in LASCO C2 images. Credit ESA & NASA

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) is brightening fast and looking good. Thumbs up it survives... (+1-2mag now?)

[Mitsuo @cru1960]

C/2025R3 PanSTARS

満月+薄雲通過で条件最悪でしたが、尾が伸びてきているのは判りました
この画角（フルサイズ換算で約600mm）で尾がフレーム外まで伸びてそうです

Redcat51Ⅱ+294MCP 30s × 71fr
2026/4/3 4:10(JST)~ 和歌山県 紀美野町
#c2025r3 #comet #彗星 #panstars

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

Comet MAPS from NASA STEREO Spacecraft, the bright star is Aldebaran. Soon he will be entering the FOV of LASCO C3, which will give us much better images.

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

@JAtanackov As some observers mentioned in Facebook/Comet watch group, #MAPS was visible in STEREO Ahead Images on March 29 (right corner)

[Peter the Great Space Science☀️ @Space_PHD]

Sungrazing Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) is rapidly approaching the Sun. On April 4, it will pass just 160,000 km (about 0.23 solar radii) above the Sun’s surface—a true death plunge. Astronomers at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ, created a diagram illustrating the comet’s path.

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

It is still around... C/2026 A1 (MAPS) on March 30. "A challenging observation with a solar elongation of 16.6 degrees". Mag around 7.5. Observation & image credit: Terry Lovejoy, Australia
https://t.co/eFIXhzj0hV

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

30 Years ago: Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) imaged with 24mm Nikon lens on Kodak Film by Gerald Rhemann (Austria)
https://t.co/fFvjxHGtPD

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS on March 23 with Takahashi Epsilon 130ED. Credit: Günter Kerschhuber
https://t.co/zTTOF9HMKg

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

@JAtanackov My count is 19 years. C/2006 P1 (McNaught) was even seen in daylight.

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

Here we go...
https://t.co/n4mZu23tDK
Der Komet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) könnte eines der spektakulärsten Himmelsschauspiele der letzten Jahre werden – wenn er nicht vorher an der Sonne zerbricht.

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

M47 - Starcluster in Puppis
William Optics GT 71
ZWO ASI 533 MC Pro Color
11min, Gain 130

[Burkhard Leitner @burkley65]

@JAtanackov Ok, I missed that one. And I missed that there are several comet magnitudes as seen from space... thats a little odd. Because than maybe have to add 2012 S1 (ISON), or C/2003 K7 (SOHO), 1998 J1 (SOHO) ...

[Con Stoitsis @vivstoitsis]

New Kreutz comet could be as bright as Venus!
Light curve estimates of Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS)
predict a peak apparent brightness of magnitude -4.1 in April.
This is almost as bright as Venus
Image is of Comet Ikeya-Seki C/1965 S1 in 1965. A classic Kreutz sungrazer.