Observation by Nick James: 46P/Wirtanen

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Dec 16 - 01:15

Uploaded

2018 Dec 16 - 09:26

Objects

46P Wirtanen

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03^h56^m
Dec: +20°12'
Position angle: -3°48'

Field size

3°10' × 2°22'

Equipment

ASI 294MC + Megrez 72, x0.8FF

Exposure

27x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

46P/Wirtanen

Title

46P/Wirtanen

About this image

After a very dull and rainy day it cleared here last night just before midnight and I obtained these images of 46P. These are both from around 0100UTC on December 16. The one showing the Pleiades is a crop of an image obtained with a 200mm f/2.8 lens and a Sony alpha-7S. The larger scale one has a FoV of 3x2 deg. Total magnitude from this frame was 4.4. The comet was clearly visible in 11x80 bins last night from my garden in Chelmsford.

Files associated with this observation

46p_20181216_0115_ndj.jpg (1.7 MB)

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