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Comet Wirtanen on December 10th

Comet Wirtanen 46/p on the evening of December 10th, 2018. Image with a 120mm Esprit refractor F5, Nikon D750 ISO800 11x120s

The comet was traced with CdC and PHD2. 

Very easily seen in 10×50 binoculars, and also naked eye visible with adverted vision. 
Another sequence of shots taken that same night. This time 30 times 60 seconds at 1600 ISO.  Stacked in DSS on the comet. 

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Comet Wirtanen December 7th

Wirtanen, stacked on the stars and the comet using PixInsight by Jean Lammertyn. Nikon D750, Nikkor 180mm ED 24x120s ISO400
Comet Wirtanen 46/p with Nikon D750 Nikkor 180mm ED ; no filters ; 12x30s on ISO800 ; processed with APP and Photoshop – no guiding & stacked on the stars ; crop from the original frame ; the shadows to the left in the image are tree branches that traced in the first few frames;
Equipment: Nikon D750, Nikkor 180mm ED F5.6 ; 24x120s on ISO400 ; processed with APP and PS ; stacked on the stars

Wirtanen Video

Comet Wirtanen clearing a large tree in my garden. Actually an MP4 of the NEF Nikon frames used to create the pictures above.