Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  The star χLeo
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Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto, Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto
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Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto, Pepe Chambó
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Object/Date:

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) @ February 10,2019 04:21 UT

Description:

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto on February 10th 2019 , three days after its perihelion and three days before ist maximum approaching to Earth. Its ionic tail is faintly visible toward West (to right) in this image, at same time is possible to see a dust tail toeard Southeast (to down-left) only during these days in which our planet cross the orbital plane of comet. The Iwamoto also reached those days its maximum brightness with a magnitude near 6.5 and a coma with angular size of 20'. The brightest star into field is Chi Leonis with magnitude 4.6.

Acquisition details:

Telescope GSO 8" N f/3.8.

Camera Atik 383L+.

68 min. total exposure.

From Vallés, Valencia (Spain).

Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

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Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto, Pepe Chambó

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