Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)

[Taman]

Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) was discovered on March 1st 2023 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) network. It is classed as a Halley-type comet, with an orbital period of 85.1 years. At the time the image was taken, the comet was 0.683 A.U or about 63.5 million miles from us and will reach perihelion on July 1st. It is currently around magnitude 10 or slightly brighter and moving slowly through Ursa Minor, which is good news for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere!

The coma is fairly bright, but the tail is faint and not visible on individual subs. Not many images of this one so far, but hopefully this will change!

30 x 120s with darks, flats and dark flats.

Processed with Siril, Starnet++, Photoshop and AstrodenoisePY.

C11 at f6.3, ZWO ASI294MC Pro and Optolong L-Pro filter.

Clear skies! Tony.
 

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Amazing!