Comet 2020M3 ATLAS on Oct 23, 2020


Date & Time: Oct 23 2020, from 24:51 to 25:29 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 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 C/2020M3 ATLAS in that day for my first observation was moving northward in western region of Lepus with a 9th magnitude dimmed coma. The comet will brighten up to about 8th magnitude in Nov 2020 running through Orion.
  View angle: 0.70×0.70°


2020M3 ATLAS on Nov 13, 2020
2020S3 Erasmus on early morning of Nov 21, 2020

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