Comet 46P Wirtanen 280 sec. exp., 3X3, 81mm aperture
I toook this quick exposure of Comet 46P Wirtanen on 2 December 2018 from St. George, Utah.
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Holy crap, if that is a 280 sec exposure, there's not a whole lot of chance it's going to be great to look at. Nice image, but geez, no tail at all. Glad to see you are still in St. George. The town/city has experienced quite a lot of growth over the last few years. How's the seeing conditions? Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2018 9:03:02 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet 46P Wirtanen 280 sec. exp., 3X3, 81mm aperture I toook this quick exposure of Comet 46P Wirtanen on 2 December 2018 from St. George, Utah.
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Nice image! It does have a faint tail but it’s hard to see. Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 9, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
Holy crap, if that is a 280 sec exposure, there's not a whole lot of chance it's going to be great to look at. Nice image, but geez, no tail at all.
Glad to see you are still in St. George. The town/city has experienced quite a lot of growth over the last few years. How's the seeing conditions?
Joan
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I toook this quick exposure of Comet 46P Wirtanen on 2 December 2018 from St. George, Utah.
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I saw it Saturday night through my 120mm f/7.5 refractor. It was big and bright through my 22mm Panoptic eyepiece. I even saw a hint of a tail. I was up at Dammeron Valley and it was dark out there. The only problem is that now I and a few club members want to move out there. Got a lovely view of the Orion Nebula, M45, M38, M37, and M35. Also looked at M33 and the bright galaxy NGC 2403. Debbie On Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 9:04 AM Dave Gary via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com wrote:
I toook this quick exposure of Comet 46P Wirtanen on 2 December 2018 from St. George, Utah.
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