Comet C/2018 W2 (Africano)
September 26, 2019

Image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Sep. 26 (20h56-21h18UT) with 15-cm, f/6 Maksutov astrograph and Canon EOS 6D DSLR. Exposure time was 8x180 seconds at ISO 3200. Total exposure time 24 minutes. FOV is 1.8o x 1.2o. Image scale is 6.0 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.
September 24, 2019

Image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Sep. 24 (20h17-20h50UT) with 15-cm, f/6 Maksutov astrograph and Canon EOS 6D DSLR. Exposure time was 11x180 seconds at ISO 3200. Total exposure time 33 minutes. FOV is 1.8o x 1.2o. Image scale is 6.0 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.
September 21, 2019

Image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Sep. 21 (20h05-20h28UT) with 15-cm, f/6 Maksutov astrograph and Canon EOS 6D DSLR. Exposure time was 9x180 seconds at ISO 3200. Total exposure time 21 minutes. FOV is 1.8o x 1.2o. Image scale is 6.0 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.
September 20, 2019

Image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Sep. 20 (20h17-20h47UT) with 15-cm, f/6 Maksutov astrograph and Canon EOS 6D DSLR. Exposure time was 10x180 seconds at ISO 3200. Total exposure time 30 minutes. FOV is 1.74o x 1.23o. Image scale is 6.0 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.
False color unfiltered image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Sep. 20 (20h41-20h48UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope. Exposure time was 10x30 seconds. Image scale is 2.5 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

August 28, 2019

Color image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Aug. 28 (0h44-1h01UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and LBVR filters. Exposure time was 60 seconds in each filter. Total exposure 17 minutes. Image scale is 2.5 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

August 12, 2019

Color image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Aug. 12 (1h34-1h43UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and LBVR filters. Exposure time was 120 seconds in each filter. Total exposure 8 minutes. Image scale is 2.5 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

August 6, 2019

False color unfiltered image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Aug. 6 (1h37-1h47UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope. Exposure time was 10x120 seconds. Comet passed less than 1o from the open cluster IC 361 in the lower right corner. Image scale is 2.5 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

July 30, 2019

False color unfiltered image of comet C/2018 W2 (Africano), obtained on 2019 Jul. 30 (1h28-1h48UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope. Exposure time was 10x120 seconds. Image scale is 1.79 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

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