Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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46P/ Wirtanen, Sergio G. S.
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46P/ Wirtanen

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46P/ Wirtanen

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46P/ Wirtanen on Nov 13, 2018. It was a difficult capture due to seeing conditions. This is also the first light of the brand new ZWO ASI071MC-Pro AND of the Hyperstar lens for the C11.

46P/Wirtanen is a short period comet (5.4 years). The current approach to perihelion coincides with the shortest distance to earth at 0.0781AU. This should be the brightest passage for 20 years.

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46P/ Wirtanen, Sergio G. S.

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