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Comet
Atlas C/2019 N1


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

Comet Atlas C/2019 N1 2020-02-18:

Atlas C/2019 N1, Sweden 20200218
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
Field (FOV) : 2.25 x 1.5o (full frame) before crop
camera : Canon 6D, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit
camera temperature: About 8 degree Celsius 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 at balcony. Bortle class 9
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:

Comet: Atlas C/2019 N1, Sweden 2020
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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