Observation by Nick James: C/2018 W2 Africano

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2019 Sep 01 - 23:07

Uploaded

2019 Sep 02 - 06:38

Objects

C/2018 W2 (Africano)

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 03^h11^m
Dec: +54°48'
Position angle: +0°25'

Field size

0°36' × 0°27'

Equipment

C11 Edge HD + FLI6303

Exposure

90x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2018 W2 Africano

Title

C/2018 W2 Africano

About this image

A long stack on this comet to show the outer coma. I get a total magnitude of 10.6 using comphot which is in line with visual estimates.

Files associated with this observation

2018w2_20190902_0007_ndj.jpg (881.0 kB)

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