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Comet
Iwamoto C/2020 A2


Object : Comet, Iwamoto C/2020 A2
Coordinates/Direction : -
Object size : -
Object magnitude : 11, at maximum
More to know : You can read more about the comet on Seiichi Yoshida's homepage:
http://www.aerith.net/ comet/ catalog/ 2020A2/ 2020A2.html

Comet's light curve:

Comet Iwamoto C/2020 A2, light curve 2020 Credit: software 'Comet for Windows' from Seiichi Yoshida

The magnitude of the comet around the days I photographed it.


2020-02-19, Comet Iwamoto

Comet Iwamoto C/2020 A2, Sweden 2020 (Click on image to get one in higher resolution, open in a new window)
Date : 2020-02-19
Time (UT) : 00:03 to 00:23
Mount : SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, beltdrive modified (DIY 2019)
Guide : QHY5 camera with 400 mm f/6.3 lens
Lens/telescope : TS130 APO f/7 910mm, 3" focuser
Corrector/Barlow : 3" field flatter, x1. T48 connector to camera
Field (FOV) : 2.25 x 1.5o (full frame) before crop
camera : Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit
camera temperature: About 6o C above surrounding temperature
Film/CCD : Raw, Cr2
Filter : none
Control system : Mount by EQMOD, camera by APT, guide by PHD2, focuser by USB-focus, ASCOM Windows PC
Exp. time : 14*60 seconds at 1600ISO
Image process tool : Siril, Gimp, Irfanview
Processing : Dark and flat calibrated
Site : Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra. Bortle 9
Free view Az: 20o-90o, 165o-185o, La: 20o-55o
Comment : As usual we got bad weather and I got only 14 images this night. Still that was enough to let me see some traces of the comet. Looks that I got the comet near the edge of the field of the camera. My Goto precision was not good at that time. A bit strange look of the comet, it doesn't have any bright core. The magnitude of the comet these days are about 12.

Star chart with CdC

Comet Iwamoto C/2020 A2, Sweden 2020
Date : 2020-02-19
Time (UT) : 00:03 to 00:23
Image process tool : A star chart made with CdC (SkyChart)
Comment : Just to be sure that it's the comet Iwamoto on the photo I set up a star chart at the area for that time the photo was taken.
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