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Comet Iwamoto and Auriga nebulas, Pepe Chambó
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Comet Iwamoto and Auriga nebulas

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Comet Iwamoto and Auriga nebulas, Pepe Chambó
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Comet Iwamoto and Auriga nebulas

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Description

Object/Date:

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) @ March 2,2019 06:12 UT

Description:

Going away from inner Solar System the comet C/1018 Y1 (Iwamoto) has in this image taken on March 2nd 2019 a brightness of magnitude 8.5 and a coma angular size of 12 arcminutes with a intense turquoise color, contrasting with this zone plenty of red emission clouds into Auriga constellation, in which highlights in upper part of image the Flaming Star Nebula (Sharpless 230) and in down part the Tadpoles Nebula (Sharpless 236).

Acquisition details:

Telescope Takahashi FSQ-106ED f/5.0.

Camera SBIG STL-11000M.

21 min. total exposure.

From Mayhill, New Mexico (USA).

Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

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More info at Cometografia.es

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Comet Iwamoto and Auriga nebulas, Pepe Chambó

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