Observation by Denis Buczynski: Comet C.2020 A2 Iwamoto

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Constellation

Lyra

Field centre

RA: 18^h32^m
Dec: +37°40'
Position angle: +174°25'

Field size

0°27' × 0°20'

Equipment

C14 @f/6
ASI 1600MM Pro unfiltered

Exposure

10x60s

Location

Tarbatness Highland Scotland

Target name

Comet C/2020 A2 Iwamoto

Title

Comet C.2020 A2 Iwamoto

About this image

Hello all, A clear sky was dominated by a near full moon last night (20200207), but the transparency was good after midnight so I was able to to obtain images of comet C/2020A2 Iwamoto despite the bright sky conditions. The comet is situated close to Vega in the dawn sky and a measurement of its visual equivalent magnitude (using Comphot by Nick James) gives 10.1 with a coma of around 2.8 arc mins.

Files associated with this observation

2020a2_20200207_0357_DGB.jpg (1.3 MB)

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