page_title: 168P/Hergenrother
hierarchical_section_title: 168P/Hergenrother
caption_attribution_description: English: Comet 168P Hergenrother, at 5th October 2012. Picture Details: Optics 32-inch Schulman Telescope (RC Optical Systems), Acquired remotely Camera SBIG STX 16803 CCD Camera Filters AstroDon Gen II Dates October 5th 2012 Location Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Exposure RGB = 9:9:9 minutes Acquisition ACP Observatory Control Software (DC-3 Dreams),TheSky (Software Bisque), Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen), FlatMan XL (Alnitak) Processing CCDStack (CCDWare), Photoshop CS5 (Adobe), PixInsight Credit Line and Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
context_page_description: 168P/Hergenrother is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet originally named P/1998 W2 returned in 2005 and got the temporary name P/2005 N2. The comet was last observed in February 2013, and may have continued fragmenting after the 2012 outburst.
context_section_description: 168P/Hergenrother is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet originally named P/1998 W2 returned in 2005 and got the temporary name P/2005 N2. The comet was last observed in February 2013, and may have continued fragmenting after the 2012 outburst.
caption: 168P/Hergenrother during its 2012 outburst. By Mount Lemmon Observatory.
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