Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) at magnitude 8.2 will pass 0.94° from the magnitude 6.6 globular cluster NGC 6541 in the constellation Corona Australis, at 13:00 UT, 17th January, 2013.
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) at magnitude 8.4 will pass 1.97° from the magnitude 9.2 globular cluster NGC 6496 in the constellation Scorpius, at 15:00 UT, 15th January, 2013.
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) at magnitude 8.4 passed 4.50° from the magnitude 6.9 globular cluster NGC 6388 in the constellation Scorpius, at 00:00 UT, 14th January, 2013.
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) at magnitude 8.3 will pass 0.36° from the magnitude 5.4 open cluster NGC 6281 in the constellation Scorpius at 16:00 UT, 26th December, 2012.
Comet PANSTARRS will pass closest to Earth on 5 March 2013 at a distance of 1.09AU. It will come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 10 March 2013 Read more