Binocular comet Wirtanen - 3.1.2019 at 18.02 Kangaslampi Observation number 80141

Visibility V / V

Esa Heikkinen, Veli-Pekka Hentunen, Anni Heikkinen, Warkauden Kassiopeia

Outgoing Wirtanen photographed with a CCD and digital wit. In the second CCD image, the stretch of the image is knocked out as much as possible so that the entire comet material becomes widely visible. Wirtanen fills almost the entire field of view, thus being at least 20 arc minutes in size and perhaps slightly egg-shaped, so the tail could be right downward. CCD images are 18 'x 23' in size.

Illustrated by Anni and Esa Heikkinen, processing of CCD images Veli-Pekka Hentunen.

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Observation target
- Comet
Name of the observation target
- 46P/Wirtanen
- Erittäin näyttävä

Weather
- Melko hyvä, mutta ei täydellinen havaintosää. Hyvin pian kuvien ottamisen jälkeen havaintokelit loppuivat.
Title for the comet
- Binocular comet

Technical information

Meade 16 "ACF, SBIG STT-8300M and Canon EOS 7D Mark II. CCD images 10x30 sec LRGB and digital gradient image 60 sec ISO4000

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Binocular comet Wirtanen - 3.1.2019 at 18.02 Kangaslampi Observation number 80141