174p 20160904 jchambo

Object/Date:
Comet 174P/Echeclus @ Sep.4,2016

Description:
Comet 174P/Echeclus imaged on 2016 September 4th, during its last outburst. Discovered in 2000 was classified as an asteroid Centaur type circulating between orbits of Uranus and Jupiter, but years later it showed cometary activity with outbursts  in 2006, 2011 and the present in 2016, in which increased from 17.5 to 14.5 magnitude. In the image can be perceive a tiny elongated coma of 20 arcseconds toward Northwest.

Tech data:
GSO 8" f/3.8 & Canon EOS-100D unmodded (3 x 300 sec. at ISO-1600) from Hoya Redonda, Valencia (Spain)