Comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS and C/2019 Y4 Atlas

[Bill S]

Taking advantage of a few hours of clear sky last night before the clouds rolled in I had a look at a couple of comets. The best snapshot was C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS. It is holding up quite well but I don't think it's going to get a lot brighter. I have seen an estimate of +7 in May. It's about +9 at the moment.

 

I did manage to observe C/2019 Y4 Atlas but I did not have a clear view of it. The edge of my observatory was slightly occluding the scope.  Its magnitude is around +8.5.

I also had a look for C/2020 A2 Iwamoto and could not see anything. However since this is reported as around mag +13.5 in February and fading I was being a bit optimistic.

Clear skies!

 

[Mike JW]

Good to see someone is taking a look at these comets with EAA. I can spend much time trying to locate comets with my somewhat narrow fov. Mike

[Martin Meredith]

Nice captures Bill, and quite short overall exposure time too. I definitely want to look at these the next time out, maybe in colour too.

Martin