Let’s Photograph Comet 46P Wirtanen

Comet 46P Wirtanen In this video I photograph Comet 46P Wirtanen from my backyard. Comet 46P/Wirtanen is 2018’s brightest comet of the year, and will be the 10th closest approach of a comet in modern times. At its closest approach to us on December 16th, the comet will be approximately 30 times the distance of the moon from us is. On December 13th, 2018, I captured this icy snowball with a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR and a 300mm lens. The comet is currently heading towards the constellation Taurus, and can