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C/2018 W2 (Africano)

Perihelion distance : 1.46 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 117 °
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2019 Aug 13 02h57 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.3
Aperture radius for m11.7 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)14.5
Aperture radius for m26.0 "
Coma diameter3.4 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
r (dist/Sun) 1.493 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.464 AU
Right ascension63.19583 °
Declination+58.22306 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
FilterNone
CameraSony Alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Binning2x2
MountDobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time44 s
Exposure details4sec+20*2sec
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing3
Air mass1.3
LocationBoulonville (28/78)
Reference stars catalog (ast)GSC (HST)
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.0 "/pix
Image processingalignement, somme, retrait gradient
Observation submission date2019 Aug 14 16h47m36s

(Record n° 20894)

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