Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)
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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) @ September 5,2019 10:07 UT

Description:

Comet C/2018 W2 (Africano) imaged on September 5, 2019, with a brightness around magnitude 9.5 its coma reaches an angular size near 5 arminutes, although is extremely faint; only carefully inspecting the image can be seen hor far goes the green luminescence of diatomic carbon.

Acquisition details:

Telescope Planewave 17" CDK

Camera FLI PL6303E

Exposure 5 min. (L=1x120 bin1 + RGB=1x60 bin2)

From Mayhill, New Mexico (USA)

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Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

Post and image link:

http://cometografia.es/2018w2-africano-20190905/

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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó

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