Comet Atlas Y4

[Paul M]

I tried my hand at imaging Atlas Y4  again last night. It was low down in the NE amongst the sky glow. Rather a damp squib now but there are reports of some brightening again. It shows as multiple targets now in Sky Safari but seems to show only a single nucleus in my image.

The tail had a strong green colour but I seem to have killed that in processing! 

Lets hope Swan delivers more!

 

[Paul M]

And here is a rough and ready gif animation. The colour is back but no idea how to fix the background stars in the frame using PS so it's jerky! Took me hours to create this

This is about 15 minutes of motion. 

[mikeDnight]

Excellent!  Thanks for that Paul. ☺

[maw lod qan]

Very nice! At least I'm getting to see these comets through your eyes and equipment.

They need to get a bit higher for me.

Still no Swan.

[Pete Presland]

Nice images, good to see Atlas still putting on a show.

[Alan White]

Nice image, particularly the movement one, I like that a lot.
I am being told it has broken up more since you imaged it and its dimming again.

 

[Geoff Barnes]

This is interesting, from NASA's Stereo HI-1 Satellite Camera showing Comet Atlas Y4 passing the sun.

What I found most interesting however was that Mercury too has a "tail" like a comet! Who knew?