Observation by Nick James: 46P/Wirtanen from Chelmsford

Uploaded by

Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Nov 30 - 21:20

Uploaded

2018 Nov 30 - 22:54

Objects

46P Wirtanen

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Cetus

Field centre

RA: 02^h32^m
Dec: -20°01'
Position angle: -2°09'

Field size

3°10' × 2°09'

Equipment

ASI 294MC + Megrez 72, x0.8FF

Exposure

25x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

46P/Wirtanen

Title

46P/Wirtanen from Chelmsford

About this image

My first image of 46P taken from home. The comet is now a respectable 18 degrees up at around 10pm from here (51.5d N). This is a 3x2 deg FoV. I get a total magnitude of 6.0 using the green channel of this image. Visual observers at dark sites are getting nearer 5 now.

Files associated with this observation

46p.jpg (681.6 kB)

Like this image

David Swan, Jeremy Shears, Nick Hewitt, Andy Wilson, Dave Smith, Graham Winstanley, Dawson, Kevin Toogood, Peter Carson

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.