Comet 46P/Wirtanen on 17 Dec 2018 (Observation 124)
Date:
17 Dec 2018 (NZST)
Time:
22:00 (NZST)
Title:
Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Comet 46P/Wirtanen
2018-12-17
22.00 NZDST
Looked for comet 46P/Wirtanen.
Conditions not great: light cloud and moderate moonlight.
Think I saw it below Aldebaran and Pleiades using av.
Large brightish blur but difficult in these conditions.
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