2018w2 20190901 jchambo

Object/Date:
C/2018 W2 (Africano) @ September 1,2019 03:31 UT

Description:
2x1 degree panorama with comet C/2018 W2 (Africano) at right showing a diffuse coma with an angular size of 7 arcminutes and a brightness in magnitude 10.5. At left the BFS 31 nebula on ionized hidrogen zone Sh 2-203 barely visible in this image.

Acquisition details:
Telescope GSO 8" N f/3.8.
Camera Atik 383L+.
Mosaic 1x2 tiles.
Exposure 12 min. 2x(L=3x180 bin2 + RGB=1x60 bin3).
From Hoya Redonda, Valencia (Spain).
Processed with PixInsight.

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