Observation by David Swan: C/2018 R3 brightens

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David Swan

Observer

David Swan

Observed

2019 May 26 - 22:55

Uploaded

2019 May 27 - 19:42

Objects

C/2018 R3 (Lemmon)

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 04^h06^m
Dec: +60°01'
Position angle: +2°23'

Field size

1°02' × 0°39'

Equipment

200mm SCT
Hyperstar
ASI178MM
UV+IR cut
Maxim DL

Exposure

36 x 20s

Location

Tynemouth, UK

Target name

C/2018 R3

Title

C/2018 R3 brightens

About this image

Comphot gives a coma diameter of 3 arcmin and m1 = 11.6

Files associated with this observation

2018r3.png (3.1 MB)

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