Comet 2019L3 ATLAS on Nov 5, 2021


Date & Time: Nov 5 2021, from 27:04 to 27:32 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


The comet 2019L3 ATLAS in that day has positioned at southwest part of Lynx; I could detect a 10th magnitude coma and a fan-like short dust tail stretched in northwest direction. From now on the comet will move to southwest and travel in the Gemini until the spring of 2022.
  View angle: 0.70×0.70°


2019L3 ATLAS on Nov 27, 2021
Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Feb 25, 2022

Copyright(c) 2021 by Naoyuki Kurita, All rights reserved.
To top page To Comets&Meteors index