Photo feature: Residents look far into the heavens
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, March 13, 2013
![Instead of watching the sun go down from the bluff, a group of residents decided to spend some time watching the skies after dark to catch a glimpse of the Pan-STARRS comet.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/03/031313CometMAIN.jpg)
Instead of watching the sun go down from the bluff, a group of residents decided to spend some time watching the skies after dark to catch a glimpse of the Pan-STARRS comet.
![Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — The Pann-STARRS comet, top left-hand corner, shows a faint tail in the western sky next to a sliver of a moon.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/03/031313Comet7-300x95.jpg)
Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — The Pann-STARRS comet, top left-hand corner, shows a faint tail in the western sky next to a sliver of a moon.
![Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — Loretta Ross uses a star gazing app on an iPad to look for the comet.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/03/031313Comet5-300x178.jpg)
Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — Loretta Ross uses a star gazing app on an iPad to look for the comet.
![Two-year old Zyan Rogers uses plays with a pair of binoculars with her family that came to the Mississippi River Bluff to look for the comet Tuesday evening.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/03/031313Comet4-300x170.jpg)
Two-year old Zyan Rogers uses plays with a pair of binoculars with her family that came to the Mississippi River Bluff to look for the comet Tuesday evening.
![Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — Johnny Watts sets his telescope on one the park trash cans to get a look at the comet.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/03/031313Comet3-300x225.jpg)
Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — Johnny Watts sets his telescope on one the park trash cans to get a look at the comet.
![Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — The comet, top left-hand corner, could be seen just over the Mississippi River Bridges from the bluff park Tuesday night.](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/03/031313Comet1-300x220.jpg)
Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat — The comet, top left-hand corner, could be seen just over the Mississippi River Bridges from the bluff park Tuesday night.