Observation by Peter Tickner: Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS - 4 November

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Nov 04 - 01:13

Uploaded

2020 Nov 04 - 17:11

Objects

C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h20^m
Dec: -08°29'
Position angle: +0°08'

Field size

0°29' × 0°24'

Equipment

ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera
Luminance/IR cut filter
14inch/356mm f/10 LX200 SCT
OAG with Lodestar X2 Autoguider
EQ8 mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS

Title

Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS - 4 November

About this image

Captured between 01:13 and 02:12 UT on a frosty early morning of 4 November, this was my second and more successful attempt at a close-up of this comet that may potentially get bright enough to be a good view in a telescope in due course.

The top image is a stack of the background stars with a stack against the comet superimposed back on the stars, the two lower images are the same stack of 60x60seconds locked on the comet in negative and normal viewing.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

Comet M3 ATLAS BAA.jpg (1.6 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Geof Lewis

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