Comet 46P/Wirtanen & more ...
Taken by V. Mette on December 8, 2018 @ iTelescope T08 - Siding Spring Observatory, NSW, Australia
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  Camera Used: Finger Lakes Instrumentation (FLI) MicroLine ML 16803
Exposure Time: 600/1
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: Unavailable
Date Taken: 2018:12:08 12:59:00
 
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen actually has developed a 95 arcmin wide coma like you can see on this 4 x 4 deg. color-image. Bejond that a faint diffuse green object is visible in the center of the image, that could be a blasted part of the comets materia, cause it is well positioned in the direction of the comets tail - further investigation will show ... Remote-telescope - iTelescope T08 Takahashi FSQ-106 ED Frame size: 4 x 4 deg. (16 MPix. sensor) R/G/B-channel @ 2x binning You may discover a full dataset in EXIF-header
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