Observation by Nick James: C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2025 May 31 - 02:50

Uploaded

2025 May 31 - 07:25

Objects

C/2025 K1

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Constellation

Pegasus

Field centre

RA: 22^h26^m
Dec: +16°01'
Position angle: -5°22'

Field size

0°13' × 0°09'

Equipment

0.43-m, f/6.8 CDK

Exposure

40x60s

Location

Sierra de Segura, Spain

Target name

C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)

Title

C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)

About this image

This newly-discovered comet was announced on CBET 5557. It was detected by ATLAS at Rio Hurtado, Chile on May 24 and appeared on the NEOCP as A11nyuL. The comet is currently around 18th magnitude. This image was taken using the Alnitak telescope in Spain and it shows a faint tail to the west. The comet will come to perihelion on October 8 at a solar distance of 0.34 au and it might brighten to be a binocular object.

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