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, Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2018 W2 Africano
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Description

Object/Date:

C/2018 W2 (Africano) @ September 1,2019 03:31 UT

Description:

2x1 degree panorama with comet C/2018 W2 (Africano) at right showing a diffuse coma with an angular size of 7 arcminutes and a brightness in magnitude 10.5. At left the BFS 31 nebula on ionized hidrogen zone Sh 2-203 barely visible in this image.

Acquisition details:

Telescope GSO 8" N f/3.8.

Camera Atik 383L+.

Mosaic 1x2 tiles.

Exposure 12 min. 2x(L=3x180 bin2 + RGB=1x60 bin3)).

From Hoya Redonda, Valencia (Spain).

Processed with PixInsight.

Credits:

José J. Chambó (www.cometografia.es)

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Comet C/2018 W2 Africano, Pepe Chambó

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