Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  The star νFor  ·  The star πFor
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen, Pepe Chambó
Comet 46P/Wirtanen
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen, Pepe Chambó
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Object/Date:

46P/Wirtanen @ November 12,2018 21:28 UT

Description:

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.

Acquisition details:

Lens Canon 200mm. f/1.8, camera SBIG STT-8300.

84 min. total exposure.

From Hakos Astrofarm (Namibia).

More info at Cometografia.es

Credits:

José J. Chambó Bris / Miquel Serra-Ricart / Galactica Project (FECYT, IAC)

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Comet 46P/Wirtanen, Pepe Chambó

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