M45,
the Pleiades and the Hyades photobombing Comet 46P/Wirtanen at its
closest approach to Earth on December 17th, 2018.
Shot at my Shiloh
Observatory in Statesville NC, USA. Canon 60Da w/35mm lens piggybacked on the Losmandy Titan.
32 x 30 second exposures at 1600 ISO.
The comet was pretty low to the horizon when I shot this image and
difficult to spot with the naked eye,
but still easily spotted in 10x70
binoculars.
By the time it reached zenith it was easily discernible as
a lunar sided fuzzy, gray disk of nebulosity.
10 x one minute exposures for still image.
It
was 36 cold degrees out there with thin cirrus popping up at random.
You can see the cirrus in the animation as bright flashes.