Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Comet 46/Wirtanen, Hyades and Pleiades, 



    
        

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Comet 46/Wirtanen, Hyades and Pleiades

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Comet 46/Wirtanen, Hyades and Pleiades, 



    
        

            KHartnett
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Comet 46/Wirtanen, Hyades and Pleiades

Acquisition details

Dates:
Dec. 10, 2018
Frames:
25×90(37′ 30″) ISO800
Integration:
37′ 30″
Darks:
15
Bias:
15
Avg. Moon age:
2.95 days
Avg. Moon phase:
9.50%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
5.00
Temperature:
10.00

RA center: 03h47m38s.2

DEC center: +11°1839

Pixel scale: 31.195 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -73.027 degrees

Field radius: 26.012 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 5064x3358

File size: 4.1 MB

Locations: Backyard, Brookeville, Maryland, United States

Data source: Backyard

Description

The forecast here for the nights of December 15-17, when the comet moves between the Hyades and Pleiades, is pretty poor, so I took this when I could. I used the standard 18-55mm lens that came with the Canon T3i and had it set for around 30mm and at f/5.

The comet, Pleiades and Hyades form a large triangle, with the closed end of the Hyades’ “V” pointing up and right toward the comet. The bright orangish star is Aldebaran – on the upper left tip of the “V”. Down and to the left of it is the small open cluster NGC 1647 and further down and left, another open cluster, NGC 1746.

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Comet 46/Wirtanen, Hyades and Pleiades, 



    
        

            KHartnett