46P/Wirtanen

I took this yesterday from Cape Paterson on the south coast of Australia.

30 60 sec subs with an unmodified Canon 760D and Starwave ED70.

46p by Michael Murphy , on Flickr

Nice one Michael :woohoo:

Impressive image Michael.

How green is that comet, Michael?

They must make comets in Connemara. :laugh:

There is quite a lot of hype about Comet Wirtanen.
We might see it for Christmas in Ireland.

Aubrey.

The hype around this comet will be the usual misinformed tabloid stuff. The reality is that it could reach mag +3, but with a large coma meaning it's true brightness will be dimmer than that. Still possible naked eye object. 2 key encounters for it - Pleiades on the 16th and Capella on the 23rd.

Starting to write the December guide. The newly discovered comet C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto) is currently mag +8 and has a very short observing window for those in the Northern Heimsphere before it gets too close to the sun and heads South, disappearing from view. It is in Virgo and visible from 06:00.

Here's an image taken last night (5th Dec). 30 60 Sec shots.
The comet has sped up and brightened somewhat since my last picture.

46p 5th december 2018 by Michael Murphy , on Flickr