Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington

[PepeChambo]

Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington had an outburst at the end of August 2016, some days after pass its perihelion, increasing brightness until magnitude 11. In this image taken on October 11th 2016 the comet have dropped its luminosity until magnitude 12.5 still showing a dust tail with a long at least of 15 arcminutes.

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Planewave 20" CDK 2280mm f/4.5 & FLI-PL11002M (L:2×120s + RGB:1x60s Bin2) remotely from Mayhill, New Mexico (USA)

Blog: http://cometografia.es/43p-wolf-harrington-20161011/

[steppenwolf]

Very nice image  indeed - comets are so unpredictable which adds to their fascination

[johnfosteruk]

Lovely image, impressive tail.