Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Taken by Mike Olason on August 11, 2018 @
Denver, Colorado
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen is finally showing some nice comet activity with a short tail to the west (above) the coma in this image. 46P is magnitude 16.7 and 98 million miles from Earth in this GIF/Image and is now following Seiichi Yoshida's magnitude curve which could make 46P a faint naked eye comet in December. Comet 46P/Wirtanen is predicted to reach about magnitude 3.5 when it will only be 7 million miles from Earth on December 16 this year and the comet will be 50 degrees above the western horizon when the Moon sets at 8UT/1AM in Denver and over 6 hours will move 1 degree across Earths night sky. With binoculars the comet should have a nice tail or at least be a nice fuzzy green object in your binoculars. The other great thing about this comet is that it should be brighter than magnitude 6 and visible in the night sky from mid November until mid January. Of course, 46P is a comet and could be brighter than expected or it could be fainter than expected.
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