Observation by Nick James: C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2021 Apr 22 - 01:14

Uploaded

2021 Apr 22 - 06:10

Objects

C/2020 R4

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Constellation

Hercules

Field centre

RA: 16h41m
Dec: +26°10'
Position angle: +0°55'

Field size

0°32' × 0°24'

Equipment
  • FLI6303 + Celestron HD11
Exposure

50x15s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)

Title

C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)

About this image

This comet is moving very fast now (11.1 arcsec/hr) so I used 15s exposures when imaging it this morning to avoid trailing the bright centre of the coma. A rotational gradient on the centre of the coma shows nothing particularly interesting apart from the narrow tail to the SW. 

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