Observation by Nick James: The death of C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)?

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2020 May 13 - 20:43

Uploaded

2020 May 13 - 22:54

Objects

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 04^h26^m
Dec: +51°32'
Position angle: +0°09'

Field size

0°32' × 0°23'

Equipment

C11 Edge HD + FLI6303

Exposure

77x30s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

Title

The death of C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)?

About this image

Here's my compilation of C/2019 Y4 from tonight. There is lots to see. The bright elongated coma contains three condensations as shown in the upper right inset. It is at the root of a bright ion tail in PA 25 deg or so. Then there is a big cloud of dust along PA 45 with a brighter sunward bar of material along PA 225. At the head of this bar is an isolated 17th mag component indicated in the bottom left inset. I don't think I have ever seen such a strange looking object.

Files associated with this observation

2019y4_20200513_2143_ndj.jpg (625.6 kB)

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