Observation by Peter Carson: Comet 46P Wirtanen

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Peter Carson

Observer

Peter Carson

Observed

2018 Nov 29 - 21:25

Uploaded

2018 Nov 30 - 10:39

Objects

46P Wirtanen

Equipment

315mm reflector
Paramount
UV/IR cut filter
unguided

Exposure

15 x 60 sec's

Location

Leigh on sea nr Southend Essex

Target name

Comet 46P Wirtanen

Title

Comet 46P Wirtanen

About this image

I couldn't find 46P using 7x50 binos from home, although I didn't really expect to down in the bright light polluted sky but I managed an image using my 315mm reflector.

The sky transparency kept changing as did the amount of cloud so I stacked the best run of 60 sec exposures. Shortly after I finished my exposure run and before I closed the observatory it started raining...nearly a bit of a disaster!

Files associated with this observation

46P_20181129_2125_PCarson.jpg (298.8 kB)

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