Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS April 09

Posted by Rod Pommier
on Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Please see my other image of comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS. This image was taken the next night on April 09. It again shows that the comet has an elongated nucleus within the blue/green coma, which is a sign of impending break up of the comet. The comet's disintegration into multiple fragments was subsequently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on April 20, 2020. Here, the comet is traversing a starry field in the constellation Camelopardalis. In addition to the elongated nucleus within the blue/green coma, there is a faint dust tail trailing behind the comet which exhibits a slight reddish tinge.

Image Data:
Telescope/Mount: Celestron Compustar C14 with Starizona LF reducer/corrector (f/7.5).
Camera: SBIG STL 11000M with Baader Planetarium RGB filters
Location: Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA
Date/Time: 2020-04-09 04:35 UT
Exposures: R:G:B =55:50:50 minutes = 2 hours 35 minutes total exposure

See additional astrophotographs at www.rodpommier.com
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