46P/Wirtanen 14 dec 2018 Taken by Kees Scherer on December 14, 2018 @
Tomar, Portugal
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At 14 december, right in between perihelion (12 dec) and closest approach to earth (16dec). 130x30seconds luminance (Esprit 100/QHY16200 @-20C) North is up. Anti-tail?
Hi Kees,
Nice work !
Yes, a very faint dust tail appeared recently (pictured at around 23:25 UT on 2018-12-13 - ( http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=150146 ) and also suspected on Wolfgang Riess picture ( http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=150138 )).
Regards
Fabien