Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Taken by V. Mette on December 4, 2018 @ iTelescope T12 - Siding Spring Observatory @ Coonabarabran - 31° 16' S, 149° 04' O, Elev. 1.165 m
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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: 2018:12:04 10:42:56
 
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46P in R/G/B (not color) develops a weak dust tail - best visble in R-channel and a 50' coma in G-channel. The comet is accompanied by lots of sattelite-trails short after dusk this evening in Australia. iTelescope T12 - FLI MicroLine ML 11002 & Takahashi TSO-106 ED @ Siding Spring Observatory NSW/Australia. All images 600 sec. @ 2x-binning.
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