Atlas may be disintegrating??

[Skipper Billy]

Looks like Atlas may be falling apart??

[JamesF]

The impression I have from my imaging this evening, having not seen the comet for about a week, is that the tail is more pronounced than I was last time I saw it and the core seems more extended and brighter.

James

[pjsmith_6198]

I saw it again last Friday 4/10, and it was noticeably fainter than when I saw it a week earlier.   I was expecting it to be brighter and easier to see since the Moon wasn't up yet.   Instead it was difficult to  see.  This comet is pretty diffuse and doesn't take magnification well.   I didn't see any fragments, just fainter.

Phil