Observation by Peter Tickner: A tale of two comets

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Apr 21 - 20:41

Uploaded

2020 Apr 22 - 20:46

Objects

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 05^h55^m
Dec: +63°38'
Position angle: -173°41'

Field size

0°36' × 0°31'

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

Comets C/2019 Y4 ATLAS and C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

Title

A tale of two comets

About this image

Both comets C/2019 Y4 ATLAS and C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS are now in a similar part of the sky. PANSTARRS has remained at a fairly constant magnitude and is currently around 8.6. ATLAS should by now be nearly naked eye visibility but instead has faded dramatically. The top images in this montage show how faint ATLAS has become in a single 60 second exposure compared to PANSTARRS. PANSTARRS is down the left hand side and ATLAS the right hand side in these sequences.

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Tale of two comets 2020 BAA.jpg (1.2 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Neil Morrison, Andrew Dumbleton

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