Observation by Nick James: C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) and Sharpless 2-235

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2019 Feb 26 - 20:01

Uploaded

2019 Feb 26 - 22:32

Objects

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 05^h42^m
Dec: +35°07'
Position angle: +4°48'

Field size

2°26' × 1°49'

Equipment

90mm, f/5 refr. ASI294MC

Exposure

74x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Title

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) and Sharpless 2-235

About this image

Comets come in all shapes and sizes. Here are two comets at the opposite end of the brightness scale imaged from Chelmsford, UK, tonight. The colour image shows C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) at around mag 7.7. The green Swan band emission from the comet contrasts with the deep red Hydrogen alpha from Sharpless 2-232 in Auriga. The B&W image is of 209P/LINEAR currently at around mag 19.6.

Files associated with this observation

2018y1_20190226_2001_ndj.jpg (1.8 MB)

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