Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)
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Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma, Pepe Chambó
Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma
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Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma, Pepe Chambó
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Object/Date:

38P/Stephan-Oterma @ January 6,2019 03:00 UT

Description:

Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma photographed on January 6, 2019. Going away from inner Solar System shows in this image an asimetric coma with 3' af angular size, whitish and few gassy, which is transform in a dust tail with 15' lenght toward West. Comet had here a brightness near magnitude 10 and located into constellation Lynx, the brightest star has magnitude 7.

Acquisition details:

Telescope GSO 8" N f/3.8.

Camera Atik 383L+.

24 min. total exposure.

From Vallés, Valencia (Spain).

Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

More info at Cometografia.es

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Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma, Pepe Chambó

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