Comet 46P Wirtanen
Taken by Paul Klauninger on December 6, 2018 @
Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada
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Date Taken: 2018:12:07 01:38:40
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Details:
The comet is now a naked-eye object under dark rural skies, and is an easy binocular target. The coma's size is comparable to a full Moon.
The comet appears as a green diffuse ball, with the hint of a short tail inside the ball and extending towards the 11 o'clock direction.
This image is a stack of eight 30-second exposures at ISO 3200. It was taken with a Canon 70D and 200mm lens at F4. Mount was an Ioptron SkyTracker.
Second image shows a wider field, with the Moon overlain for scale.
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