Thursday, December 13, 2018

PERIODIC COMET 46P/WIRTANEN (12 DEC 18) Taken by Jan Curtis on December 12, 2018 @ Vail, Arizona




More images at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/albums/72157703039692161

Moon light starting to interfere prior to comets transit at 22:30PM local time. This image: Nikon d7100, Nikkor 180 mm ED f/2.8 @ f/2.8, iso 2200, 10x50s, comet and stars fixed, PixInsight, PS 6.0 used.


For scale, I included two of Taurus brighter stars (upper right). Each are about 3.7 magnitude and are separated about ~43 (about 0.72 degree). Comet 46p coma could easily fit between them and perhaps even more in longer exposures.

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