Comet 46p/Wirtanen
Taken by Charles Chiofar on December 18, 2018 @
Buckley,Washington
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A very brief clear spell in the Pacific Northwest. Even though Comet 46p reached perihelion a few days ago its still fairly bright even with the illumination of the moon. The comet is moving quite rapidly so I could only stack 3 minutes of images to freeze the comet against
the background stars without doing more extensive processing. I estimate a magnitude of +4.9 for the comet based on prior images of the comet and other stars in the image. Additional details are noted on each slide
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