Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Comet 46P/Wirtanen was discovered in 1948, and planned to be the exploration target of spacecraft Rosetta (which changed to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko due to a preceding failure of Arian 5 rocket). Since 1948 46P passed two times near Jupiter, who changed 46Ps orbit to 5,46 years with a reduced perihelion of 1,06 AE.
Photographer: Martin Nischang
Telescope: | ASA 12″ / F4.3 |
Mount: | ASA DDM85 |
Camera: | Moravian G4-16000EC |
Exposure: | Clear 32x2min |