Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  1 Aur  ·  10.94  ·  11 Tau  ·  11.17  ·  11.54  ·  12.19  ·  12.48  ·  12.82  ·  120 Lachesis  ·  128 Nemesis  ·  13 Tau  ·  13.15  ·  13.21  ·  13.27  ·  13.96  ·  14 Tau  ·  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 Tau  ·  2 Aur  ·  21 Tau  ·  22 Tau  ·  23 Tau  ·  25 eta Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  3 iot Aur  ·  32 Tau  ·  32 l Per  ·  33 Tau  ·  And 203 more.
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen and the Pleiades on 12/17/2018 (A brief glimpse), JDJ
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen and the Pleiades on 12/17/2018 (A brief glimpse)

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Comet 46P/Wirtanen and the Pleiades on 12/17/2018 (A brief glimpse), JDJ
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen and the Pleiades on 12/17/2018 (A brief glimpse)

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I caught a quick glimpse (and captured a few minutes of frames) of Comet 46P/Wirtanen one night after closest approach to Earth. It was just visible past the big tree next door, and then the clouds rolled in...

Imaged with a Nikon D750, 75-150 mm Nikon Series E lens at ~75 mm and F/8. Exposures were 10s at ISO400. Stacked using DSS for a total integration time of ~ 1 minute. Processed in Pixinsight: Cropped, gradient removal with DBE, Background Neutralization, Color Calibration, stretched using Histogram Transformation Tool, Curves Transformation, and ACDNR noise reduction.

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Comet 46P/Wirtanen and the Pleiades on 12/17/2018 (A brief glimpse), JDJ

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