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Gallery: 46P/Wirtanen

Image taken by Dr. Franz-Josef Hambsch & Erik Bryssinck


Fig 1:

Image Parameter Details
Image Date (UTC): 2018-11-21
Image Time (UTC): 05:15
Exposure: 12×60s (L) + 4×60s (R)
Filter: unfiltered + Cousins R
Field of View: 47'×47'
Observing Site: ROAD (Remote Observatory Atacama Desert), San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - IAU:G39
Observing Equipment: 0.4-m f/6.8 ODK + CCD FLI-16803
Digital Processing: calibrated FIT-images available on request
Comments: comet altitude 56 degrees
magnitude 12.86 @ radius 5.52 arcsec, (catalog UCAC4) Afρ with Cousins R (CARA approach) vs. Core distance: 78 cm (+/- 10 cm) for radius of 10.000 km afrhoplot vs. Core distance added in jpg)

Table 1: Data about image.
 

Updated: 14-Dec-2018