Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)
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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2018 W2 Africano
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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano

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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó
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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano

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Object/Date:

Cometa C/2018 W2 (Africano) @ July 9,2019 04:49 UT

Description:

Comet C/2018 W2 (Africano) on July 9th 2019, showing a coma with 3' of angular size. This comet seems having more activity since some days ago and could be observable with binoculars on September.

Acquisition details:

Telescope Planewave 20" CDK f/6.8.

Camera FLI PL09000.

Exposure 5.5 min. (L=3x60s bin3 + RGB=1x50s bin3)

Remotely from Slooh Teide Observatory, Canary Islands (Spain).

Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es), Slooh

More info at Cometografia.es

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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó

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