Observation by Peter Tickner: Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Mar 25 - 21:53

Uploaded

2020 Mar 29 - 16:57

Objects

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 08^h40^m
Dec: +68°20'
Position angle: +2°27'

Field size

0°17' × 0°11'

Equipment

ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera
14inch LX200 SCT at f/10
EQ8 mount
OAG with Lodestar X2 Autoguider

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS

Title

Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS

About this image

I've been imaging this comet when I've had a chance through my 14inch SCT but have had a lot of technical difficulties processing the data properly in colour. I finally managed to stack this relatively short sequence of 35x60seconds from 25th March. I'm working on some longer sequences from earlier in the week and hope to have something to post in due course.

The data needs flipping horizontally to be the right way round (per Martin's orientation). I will correct that in the next image!

Peter

Files associated with this observation

2nd comet + stars AA-Edit.png (442.0 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Nick Hewitt, Ian Rothwell, Ray Emery, Dean Ashton OBE, Graham Winstanley, Ron Johnson, Andy Wilson, Jimmy Fraser, Nick James, Peter Tickner, Ella Bryant, Andrew Dumbleton

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