C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)

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.

05/09/2020 – Esprit 120 – 7x180s – ASI 071 mc pro

I revisited this comet on sept 20 to make a longer stack. Roughly 2 hours, between 19 and 21 UT.

20/09/2020 – Esprit 120 – 22x300s – ASI 071 mc pro

Another visit on november 03 and 04: the comet is still quite bright, this time I took the C11:

03/11/2020 – C11 Edge – 30x120s – ASI 071 mc pro
04/11/2020 – C11 Edge – 45x120s – ASI 071 mc pro

A quick break in the clouds and I was able to squeeze in 16 minutes of L3.

18/11/2020 – C11 Edge – 8x120s – ASI 071 mc pro

Finally another little break in the clouds;

The comet was close to LDN 1256, a dark nebula complex in CAS.

10/12/2020 – Esprit 120 – 12x300s – ASI 071 MC pro
crop:
10/12/2020 – Esprit 120 – 12x300s – ASI 071 MC pro


**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. 


***Update march 2022***
The comet is still going strong, at mag 10 is is now over its peak, but still worth a visit. 




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