Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS
Taken by Michael Mattiazzo on October 18, 2020 @
Swan Hill Victoria, Australia
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C/2020 M3 ATLAS on 2020 October 18 at 12:20UT using a C11 RASA f/2.2 and Canon 6D camera for 10 mins. Field of View is 1 degree with North up.
The brightest comet on offer at the moment.
My visual estimate on Oct 18.74UT was magnitude 7.8
using 15x70mm binoculars. The comet sported a big coma, 15' across, but quite diffuse. Dark skies are required to see it. Although the comet rises in the east during the evening, it is better situated in the morning sky in the constellation of Lepus.
In the first week of November, when situated in Orion, it should reach magnitude 7.0 with a 20' coma.
Photographer's website:
https://www.facebook.com/michael.mattiazzo2
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