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C/2019 Y4 Atlas: One more binocular comet, 25th March, 2020

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:36 pm
by j.gardavsky
Hello all,

thank to the alert on the German astronomie.de, I have observed one more comet through the 15x85 binoculars.
The comet position has been at 23:15 local time in the Sigma 1 - 2 Rho UMa area, the brightness comparable to the M81 galaxy.

Don't mis it, this comet is brightening,
JG

Re: C/2019 Y4 Atlas: One more binocular comet, 25th March, 2020

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:26 am
by notFritzArgelander
j.gardavsky wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:36 pm Hello all,

thank to the alert on the German astronomie.de, I have observed one more comet through the 15x85 binoculars.
The comet position has been at 23:15 local time in the Sigma 1 - 2 Rho UMa area, the brightness comparable to the M81 galaxy.

Don't mis it, this comet is brightening,
JG
Good news. Will get out as soon as weather permits.

Re: C/2019 Y4 Atlas: One more binocular comet, 25th March, 2020

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:31 pm
by Bigzmey
Nice catch JG and thanks for the heads up. I will give it a shot.