Observation by Nick James: C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2020 Mar 13 - 01:01

Uploaded

2020 Mar 13 - 07:27

Objects

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 10^h10^m
Dec: +64°39'
Position angle: -2°15'

Field size

2°26' × 1°49'

Equipment

90mm, f/5 refr. ASI 294MC

Exposure

24x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

Title

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

About this image

I managed this image of C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) last night after the clouds parted in Chelmsford. I get a total magnitude of 9.0 now using the green channel of this image and a coma diameter in excess of 10 arcmin. Various people report seeing it visually last night. The comet is brightening extremely rapidly as it approaches the Sun. It will be very interesting to see how it develops over the next month.

Files associated with this observation

2019y4_20200313_0101_ndj_baa.jpg (1.0 MB)

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