With a clear very, very moonlit sky last night I decided to try and get comet Atlas. I know it was not ideal conditions but it would be a shame to waste such a lovely evening.
From Astronomy Now:
"Currently (2 April) shining with a greenish glow around magnitude +7.5 and traversing the somewhat obscure northern constellation of Camelopardalis (the Giraffe) at a rate of about two-thirds of a degree per day, C/2019 Y4 has brightened 6000-fold in the last two months. If it continues at the predicted rate, the comet could be a naked-eye object from rural locations around the time of new Moon on 23 April."
I took two sets of images each totalling 20mins. approx. 30 minutes apart.
They look noisy as I have stretched them a little too much in post processing to try and get some detail.
You can clearly see the movement from the top to bottom frames here and also the greenish hue.
Let's hope that Atlas will brighten in the coming months.
Clear skies.
MJ.
From Astronomy Now:
"Currently (2 April) shining with a greenish glow around magnitude +7.5 and traversing the somewhat obscure northern constellation of Camelopardalis (the Giraffe) at a rate of about two-thirds of a degree per day, C/2019 Y4 has brightened 6000-fold in the last two months. If it continues at the predicted rate, the comet could be a naked-eye object from rural locations around the time of new Moon on 23 April."
They look noisy as I have stretched them a little too much in post processing to try and get some detail.
You can clearly see the movement from the top to bottom frames here and also the greenish hue.
Let's hope that Atlas will brighten in the coming months.
Clear skies.
MJ.
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