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Comet
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| Object : | Comet, Atlas C/2019 N1 |
| Coordinates/Direction : | - |
| Object size : | - |
| Object magnitude : | 12, at maximum |
| More to know : |
You can read more about the comet on Seiichi Yoshida's homepage: http://www.aerith.net/ comet/ catalog/ 2019N1/ 2019N1.html |
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Comet's light curve: 
Credit: software 'Comet for Windows' from Seiichi Yoshida
The magnitude of the comet around the days I photographed it. |
Comet Atlas C/2019 N1 2020-02-18:
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| Date : | 2020-02-18 |
| Time (UT) : | 23:36 to 23:58 |
| Mount : | SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, beltdrive modified (DIY 2019) |
| Guide : | QHY5 camera with 400 mm f/6.3 lens |
| Lens/telescope : | TS130 APO f/7 910mm, 3" focuser |
| Corrector/Barlow : | 3" field flatter, x1. T48 connector to camera |
| Field (FOV) : | 2.25 x 1.5o (full frame) before crop |
| camera : | Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit |
| camera temperature: | About 6o C above surrounding temperature |
| Film/CCD : | Raw, Cr2 |
| Filter : | none |
| Control system : | Mount by EQMOD, camera by APT, guide by PHD2, focuser by USB-focus, ASCOM Windows PC |
| Exp. time : | 36x60 seconds at ISO1600 |
| Image process tool : | Siril, Gimp, IrfanView. |
| Processing : | Dark, Flat calibrated, increased contrast |
| Site : | Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra.
Bortle 9 Free view Az: 20o to 90o, 165o to 185o, Alt: 20o to 55o |
| Comment : | One more weak comet in my old archives, this is the Atlas C/2019 N1, it had magnitude16 when photographing it. I took help from this site to find it: In The Sky. It doesn't match the position exact but good enough for me to find it. |
Crop around the comet:
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| Date : | 2020-02-18 |
| Time (UT) : | 22:20 to 23:07 |
| Processing : | Crop around the position where the comet should be and the contrast is increased a bit extra. |
| Site : | Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra at balcony. Bortle class 9 |
| Comment : |
Here it is, a diffuse speckle between the stars. |
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