Pleiades, Hyades and Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Taken by John O'Neal on December 17, 2018 @
Statesville, NC, USA
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M45, the Pleiades and the Hyades photobombing Comet 46P/Wirtanen at it's closest approach to Earth on December 17th, 2018. Shot at my Shiloh Observatory in Statesville, NC, USA
Canon 60Da w/35mm lens piggybacked on the Losmandy Titan. 32 x 30 second exposures at 1600 ISO.
The comet was pretty low to the horizon when I shot this image and difficult to spot with the naked eye, but still easily spotted in 10x70 binoculars. By the time it reached zenith it was easily discernible as a lunar sided fuzzy, gray disk of nebulosity.
Photographer's website:
http://www.ncstargazer.com
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