Comet 289P/Blanpain in December’s skies

We started this article with a comet so it’s only fitting we should end with one too. Comet 289P/Blanpain should be an interesting target for astrophotographers and keen comet observers during the latter half of November and into December. By the time the Moon has moved out of the way in mid-December it will be moving from Aquarius into neighbouring Pisces. On 13 and 14 January 2020 it’ll be close to some of the star clusters in Casssiopeia providing some excellent photo ops for experienced comet imagers.