Comet C2018 W2 Africano (RonAdams)

Comet C2018 W2 Africano

I decided before I went out side that I was going to try and find Comet C2018 N2 ASASSN and image it. This would be the third night that I've searched for this object. I searched for this Comet for almost two hours last night taking test images between each repositioning of the scope. Like the last two nights that I've searched for this comet I was unsuccessful in locating it. I've spent about 6 hours searching for Comet C2018 N2 ASASSN. I do not know what the problem is. Right now it's located in a position that appears that it should be easy to find. It's not very bright at a magnitude 11.5. When it was first found it was a magnitude 13 and according to what I read it will not get any brighter than 11.5. This is definitely damaging to the ego. I've chased Comets for 45 years and I've located lots of them. If I wasn't such a dummy I would key the coordinates of the Comet into my mount and let the mount "go to" the comet. However I've also tried this before without succes. Anyway I got tired of looking for Comet C2018 N2 ASASSN and I decided that I would try and find Comet C2018 W2 Africano again and image it. I imaged this comet two nights ago. I checked a star chart to see where Comet C2018 W2 Africano was located. It has moved from where it was two nights ago. I put my red dot finder on the point in the sky where I thought Comet C2018 W2 Africano should be and then took a test image. Comet C2018 W2 Africano was in my image. I located this comet first try. Tonight I imaged the comet with my Orion 8 Inch Newtonian Astrograph whereas two nights ago I used my Orion 6 Inch Newtonian Astrograph. The comet in both images looks almost identical. The only difference is the star field. With all of that said please enjoy my most recent image of Comet C2018 W2 Africano.

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Deep sky
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Extremely wide field
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