Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Taken by José J. Chambó on November 12, 2018 @
Hakos Astrofarm, Namibia
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen in its thirteenth apparition, located on constellation Fornax and shining at magnitude 7 was photographed in this wide field image taken through a photo-lens from Namibian austral dark skies. Its turquoise coma reaches 45 arcminutes, larger than full moon, and will be growing in size and brightness until its maximum approach to Earth on December. In the image can be intuit a short ionic tail toward norteast.
Lens Canon 200mm. f/1.8, camera SBIG STT-8300.
84 min. total exposure.
From Hakos Astrofarm (Namibia).
http://cometografia.es/46p-wirtanen-20181112/
Photographer's website:
http://cometografia.es
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