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

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2019 Feb 09 - 02:30

Uploaded

2019 Feb 09 - 04:30

Objects

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

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Constellation

Leo

Field centre

RA: 11^h25^m
Dec: +03°36'
Position angle: +2°38'

Field size

2°26' × 1°49'

Equipment

90mm, f/5 refr. ASI294MC

Exposure

60x60

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Title

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

About this image

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) from this morning in very windy conditions as Storm Erik passed Chelmsford. FoV is 2.5x1.7 deg. The comet is moving at 15 arcsec/min at the moment. I get a coma diameter of 30 arcmin and a total magnitude of 6.2 using the green channel of this image and Gaia DR2 G.

Files associated with this observation

2018y1_20190209_0230_ndj.jpg (1.6 MB)

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