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#4204  Postby i have no avatar » Dec 12, 2018 5:16 am

2018 December 12 - M43: Orion Falls
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#4205  Postby newolder » Dec 12, 2018 9:19 pm

Link to finder chart for comet Wirtanen from spaceweather:
http://spaceweather.com/images2018/12de ... m61kq2jnv3

Just been looking for it with my brother and his camera and think I see a faint smudge in the correct location - photo to follow if he got it...


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#4206  Postby i have no avatar » Dec 13, 2018 5:47 am

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#4207  Postby newolder » Dec 13, 2018 8:11 am

Fine shot of comet Wirtanen atop a festive tree taken in Norway and posted @ spaceweather:
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#4208  Postby i have no avatar » Dec 14, 2018 5:11 am

2018 December 14: Swimming on Jupiter

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#4209  Postby i have no avatar » Dec 15, 2018 5:23 am

2018 December 15: Geminids and Friends
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#4210  Postby newolder » Dec 15, 2018 10:45 pm

This interactive Curiosity rover imagery shows how dusty things got in that last storm...
https://www.360cities.net/image/mars-pa ... r-day-2137
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#4217  Postby newolder » Dec 21, 2018 8:01 am

:clap: very fine.
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#4218  Postby newolder » Dec 21, 2018 4:11 pm

Comet Wirtanen seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
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#4219  Postby i have no avatar » Dec 22, 2018 5:17 am

2018 December 22: A Cold December Night
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#4220  Postby Macdoc » Dec 22, 2018 5:24 am

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