Comet 46P/Wirtanen on 8.12.2018: Wirtanen is a periodical comet with an orbit taking only 5.4 years to complete. I is right now visiting earth again, coming closer every day. At the time when the images were taken the comet was in the constellation of Eridanus. Since its closest approach will be around Chistmas, the year 2018 will have again a Christmas Comet.

As can be seen  Wirtanen has a nice coma, but not yet a strong tail. It is to be seen how this will develop within the next days.