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Discovery: 10/06/2019
This comet has a long way to go, Perihelium is at January 05, 2022 – so we have over a year to go with this little fellow. It might reach mag 11.7 by then.
It was estimated around mag 15.5 at the time of this image.
![](https://www.aalstronomy.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-C2019-L3-ATLAS-05092020-7x180s-Esprit120.jpg)
I revisited this comet on sept 20 to make a longer stack. Roughly 2 hours, between 19 and 21 UT.
![](https://www.aalstronomy.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-C2019-L3-ATLAS-200920-22x300-Esprit120-1024x755.jpg)
Another visit on november 03 and 04: the comet is still quite bright, this time I took the C11:
![](https://www.aalstronomy.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-C2019-L3-ATLAS-20201103-C11-30x120-1.jpg)
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A quick break in the clouds and I was able to squeeze in 16 minutes of L3.
![](https://www.aalstronomy.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/C2019-L3-ATLAS-20201118-8x120-C11.jpg)
Finally another little break in the clouds;
The comet was close to LDN 1256, a dark nebula complex in CAS.
![](https://www.aalstronomy.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/C2019-L3-ATLAS-LDN-1256-101220-12x300-Esprit120-scaled.jpg)
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**Update dec 09, 2021**
I revisited this comet last night, and got 6x300s of data. The comet is bright, and shows a broad tail and coma.
![](https://www.aalstronomy.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/C2019-L3-ATLAS-20211208-6x300-Esprit120--1024x652.jpg)
***Update march 2022***
The comet is still going strong, at mag 10 is is now over its peak, but still worth a visit.
![](https://www.aalstronomy.be/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2019L3-ATLAS-03-03-2022-14x120-Esprit120-1024x673.jpg)