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Now beaming softly
at a magnitude of 14 in the constellation of Aries, this periodic
comet is now fading and will get a magnitude dimmer over the
next few weeks. This comet never gets very bright, at best 12th
magnitude, and is almost a a bare nucleus having a short enough
period to boil off most of the ice. This comet has not a tail
to be seen, however it is a bit ruddy. This is one of two comets
visible right now in the evening sky.
To make this shot more
interesting, I've chosen this composition to have the comet off
to the top of the frame, and put a small group of galaxies in
the image as well. Here are some of the known details about each
object:
CGCG 482-35: 14.8 magnitude,
size: .6 arcminutes
CGCG 482-38: 15.6 magnitude,
size: 1 arcminute
UGC1478: 14.5 magnitude,
size .8 arcminutes, type - SB
UGC 1479: 15.0 magnitude,
size 1 arcmin, type S
IC1764: 14.1 magnitude,
size 1.4 arcmin, type SB
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