Visibility II / V
The comet C / 2018 N2 (ASASSN) was filmed on the first night of the October 2020 work. The comet was discovered by the "All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae" (ASAS-SN) search program from July 8-11, 2018 images. The comet is on a hyperbolic orbit and is already leaving the solar system and continues to dim. We’ve filmed it earlier on the second night of the January 2020 work. When photographing the comet was 4,570au away, the nearest 2,1957au on October 20, 2019. 1Picture. stacked Average by comet.
2Picture. stacked Summit by the stars. No asteroids less than 24.0 mag in the picture.
3Picture. first picture measured, 2020-10-09T 21: 11: 40UT 2459132.39143JDUT 14h44m08.32s + 66d34'36.8 "N15.77 / T15.40mag Std Dev 67.984, JPL Horizon 21: 11: 4UT 14h44m08.28s + 66d34'36.9" T15.806mag.
4Picture. last image measured, 21: 30: 52UT 2459132.39643JDUT 14h44m09.64s + 66d34'27.3 "N16.24 / T15.46mag Std Dev 64.954, JPL Horizon 21: 30: 52UT 14h44m09.56s + 66d34'27.3" T15.806mag. TYC 4179-1017-1 12.21mag stars used to calibrate the brightness measurement.
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