Observation by Nick James: C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2019 Jan 15 - 05:51

Uploaded

2019 Jan 15 - 07:46

Objects

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 14^h03^m
Dec: -21°56'
Position angle: -0°03'

Field size

2°26' × 1°50'

Equipment

Megrez 90, x0.8 FF, ASI294MC

Exposure

7x120s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Title

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

About this image

A short gap in the clouds this morning allowed me to get another image of this comet. I get a coma diameter of around 4 arcmin now and a total magnitude of 9.8.

Files associated with this observation

baa_5.jpg (1.7 MB)

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