Dates:Sept. 1, 2019
Frames:
B: 1x90" bin 3x3
G: 1x90" bin 2x2
L: 5x180" bin 2x2
R: 1x90" bin 3x3
Integration: 0.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 2.42 days
Avg. Moon phase: 6.47%
Astrometry.net job: 2931201
RA center: 2h 33' 46"
DEC center: +23° 31' 1"
Pixel scale: 4.298 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 5.996 degrees
Field radius: 0.897 degrees
Resolution: 1200x905
Data source: Traveller
Object/Date:
C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) @ September 1,2019 03:00 UT
Description:
Comet C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) imaged on September 1st 2019 with a brightness in magnitude 12. Since my previous image taken twenty days before, its coma has increase size from 1 to 1.5 arcminutes keeping a strong central condensation. Dust tail also increased lenght from 5 to 10 arcminutes.
Acquisition details:
Telescope GSO 8" N f/3.8.
Camera Atik 383L+.
Exposure 19.5 min. (L=5x180 bin2 + RGB=1x90 bin3).
From Hoya Redonda, Valencia (Spain).
Processed with PixInsight.
Post and image link:
http://cometografia.es/2018n2-asassn-20190901/
Credits:
José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)
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