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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Description

Object/Date:

C/2018 W2 (Africano) @ August 3,2019 02:08 UT

Description:

Comet C/2018 W2 (Africano) imaged on August 3rd 2019. Since my previous images taken a month ago its coma has increased in angular size from 3 to 4 arcminutes. On same period visually observations have reported a brightness gain from magnitude 12 to 11.5. Comet is located on a dense stellar zone between constellation Perseus and Camelopardalis.

Acquisition details:

Telescope GSO 8" N f/3.8.

Camera Atik 383L+.

Exposure 57 min. (L=11x180 bin1 + RGB=4x120 bin2).

From Hoya Redonda, Valencia (Spain).

Processed with Maxim-DL and PixInsight.

Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

More info at Cometografia.es

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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó

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