Comet Wierzchos on Mar 20, 2026


Date & Time: Mar 20 2026, from 19:20 to 19:48 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


This image shows comet Wierzchos during its fading phase after brightening to 7th magnitude at the end of January 2026. On this day it was located in the southwestern part of Taurus in the western evening sky, a faint coma of magnitude 11-12 could be seen 14 degrees southwest of Aldebaran. A fan-shaped dust tail extending toward the southeast is also visible. The comet will remain observable until around June 2026, but it will continue to fade rapidly from here on.
View angle: 0.70×0.70°


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