Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen, astropical
Comet 46P/Wirtanen
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen

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Comet 46P/Wirtanen, astropical
Comet 46P/Wirtanen
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen

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Back in December last year I haven't been a member of AstroBin and just recalled that I imaged the "Christmas Comet" 46P/Wirtanen on Dec 15, 2018 with a Vixen A80Mf achromat Ø80mm/FL=910mm in prime focus, 10 subs 30 sec each at ISO 6400 in 35 sec intervals stacked in DSS.

Captured on December 15, 2018 14:28UT at a distance of 0.077668AU from Earth near the Pleiades in Taurus, or 11.619 million kilometers away from Earth, 2 days and 16 hours after perihelion passage. The bright white star at the top left of the comet is HD 24262, at the right is HD 24278.

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Comet 46P/Wirtanen, astropical