Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Taken by V. Mette on December 6, 2018 @
iTelescope T12 - Siding Spring Observatory, NSW, Australia
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Camera Used: Finger Lakes Instrumentation (FLI) MicroLine ML 11002 Exposure Time: 600/1 Aperture: f/5.0 ISO: Unavailable Date Taken: 2018:12:06 12:14:54 |
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Details:
46P's coma now extents over more than 1 deg. - that means more than twice the size of the full moon.
In fact this size is recordable only under really good conditions an may not be visually observable.
Color image composed of individually exposed R/G/B-images.
Each channel (R/G/B) 600s @ 2x binning.
Takahashi FSQ-106 ED & FLI MicroLine ML 11002.
See below mono images (R/G/B) like described above ...
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