Comet 46P/Wirtanen with Pleiades and California Nebula. Wide-field scene showing Comet 46P/Wirtanen (left) in the constellation of Taurus. 46P/Wirtanen is a small comet which orbits the sun every 5.4 years. The Pleiades (M45), a blueish cluster of hot and young stars, appears in the centre. On the right is the California Nebula (NGC 1499), red, with a Geminid meteor. Photographed in 2018 at the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve, Portugal. | |
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