[amsat-bb] Comet Wirtanen

[Greg D]

Hi Bill,

46P is a little below and to the right of M45, aka the Pleiades / 7
Sisters.  It's supposed to be easily visible with binoculars, plus or
minus the cloud cover we're currently blessed with.  Might be clear
tonight, fingers crossed.  It'd make for an interesting DSO image in a
few days, as it passes M45.

See: 
https://earthsky.org/space/46p-wirtanen-possibly-visible-to-eye-dec-2018

Interesting the comment (toward the bottom of the page) that it is
visually crossing the Geo satellite ring about now

https://theskylive.com/46p-info gives RA / Dec coordinates for the comet
over the next week.

Greg  KO6TH


Bill Booth wrote:
> Not really part of AMSAT stuff but close.  Has anyone got numbers,
> software or a location spot on the net for the Comet 46P/Wirtanen.
>
> I can find lots of sky charts but nothing like a readout/print we
> would have for satellites.
>
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