Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Piscis Austrinus (PsA)
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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó
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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó
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C/2018 W2 (Africano) @ October 24,2019 11:48 UT

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After its approaching on September 2019 when reached magnitude 8.5, comet C/2018 W2 (Africano) has speedly dropped in brightness until magnitude 11 in this image, only with luminance filter, taken on October 24, 2019. Around its more compact coma still can be see a faint envelope with near 6 arcminutes of angular size and a dust tail with some 11 arcminutes lenght.

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https://cometografia.es/2018w2-africano-20191024/

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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó

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