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Comet Wirtanen 46P in Taurus with Geminid (50mm 5DII).jpg

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This is Comet Wirtanen 46P in Taurus on December 14/15, 2018 accompanied by a Geminid meteor, caught by chance of course. Yellowish Aldebaran and the Hyades are at left, the pink California Nebula (NGC 1499) is at right, in Perseus, while the blue Pleiades are at centre. They form a nice colour contrast with the cyan-green comet. The Taurus Dark Clouds of interstellar dust are at top.

Comet Wirtanen was two days before its closest approach to Earth and nearly at its brightest. It was visible to the unaided eye.

I got a chance to capture this and other views after Chinook clouds cleared off near midnight on Dec 14/15.

This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800 with the Sigma 50mm lens at f/2.8. The meteor is from one of those frames. The camera was on the Star Adventurer tracker.
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This is Comet Wirtanen 46P in Taurus on December 14/15, 2018 accompanied by a Geminid meteor, caught by chance of course. Yellowish Aldebaran and the Hyades are at left, the pink California Nebula (NGC 1499) is at right, in Perseus, while the blue Pleiades are at centre. They form a nice colour contrast with the cyan-green comet. The Taurus Dark Clouds of interstellar dust are at top. <br /> <br /> Comet Wirtanen was two days before its closest approach to Earth and nearly at its brightest. It was visible to the unaided eye. <br /> <br /> I got a chance to capture this and other views after Chinook clouds cleared off near midnight on Dec 14/15. <br /> <br /> This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800 with the Sigma 50mm lens at f/2.8. The meteor is from one of those frames. The camera was on the Star Adventurer tracker.