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Old 03-12-2018, 06:45 AM
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Observed 46P/Wirtanen last Saturday from Crowdy Bay Nat Park around 9:30pm with 16x50 binos. It was almost overhead at that time. I knew there would be no tail at this stage, but I was surprised not to find the core. It was more like a globular cluster - quite large and fuzzy ball. Very easy to spot. At the moment I wasn't sure if it's the comet, but then I double and triple checked location with the map etc. Definitely the comet.
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