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

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2020 Mar 22 - 22:32

Uploaded

2020 Mar 23 - 19:25

Objects

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 09^h04^m
Dec: +67°47'
Position angle: -2°17'

Field size

2°27' × 1°49'

Equipment

90mm, f/5 refr. ASI 294MC

Exposure

94x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

Title

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

About this image

A comparison of the two brightish comets around at the moment taken with the same widefield instrument and processed in the same way on the evening of March 22. I get C/2017 T2 to be slightly brighter (7.9) than C/2019 Y4 (8.3). Mags are Gaia G reference using the green pixels of this camera. Taken using a 90mm, f/5 refractor from Chelmsford UK.

Files associated with this observation

2019y4_20200322_2231_ndjs.jpg (1.1 MB)

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