Comet C/2018 Y1 - Iwamoto
in the Evening sky
February 23, 2019

 
 This
            7th magnitude object in Auriga is just past the zenith on early
            February evenings, and displays only a short stubby fan tail
            towards the east. Just past closest to Earth, the comet is expected
            to fade rapidly after this.


            
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            here for a larger 1400 sized image


            
Field here
            is about 1 degree


Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph with Baader MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200 
Camera: SBIG ST10XME
Exposure:  63m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  20F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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