Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) on 18.04.2020
 
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© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2020

Comet C 2019 Y4 was discovered on December 28th 2019 by Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) search program. At the time of discovery the comet was from 19.6 mag. This image shows the comet on April 18th 2020. After breaking up of the comet's nuclei the brightness has significantly decreased.

 

Image details:

Annotation
Center of field RA 06:10:29 (h:m:s)
Center of field DE +64:48:35 (deg:m:s)
Size 1.92 x 1.28 (deg)
Pixel scale: 2.99 (arcsec/pixel)
Orientation: Up is 68.5 degrees E of N
Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net
Optic(s): ASA 12" Astrograph @ f/3.6 (Newton)
Mount: ASA DDM85 Standard
Camera: SBIG STL 11000 M
Filters: Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Astronomik filters
Dates/Times: 18.04.2020
Location: IRIDA Observatory, BG, longitude: E 24 44' 18", latitude: N 41 41' 42"
Exp. Details: L:10x3 min,R:10x3 min, G:10x3 min, B:10x3 min, Bin 2 Total exp. time 120 min.
More details: Dark and flat frames reduction
Processing: PixInsight / PS
 
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