Newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast

[smp]

From Space.com:
"For years, amateur astronomers have been waiting for a bright, naked-eye comet to pass by Earth — and finally, such an object may have arrived. "

https://www.space.com/comet-atlas-may-b ... nting.html

Here's hoping for some great observing coming up!

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[pakarinen]

Here's hoping!

[Juno16]

I sure hope so!

Hale-Bopp was one of the most amazing night sky sights of my lifetime!

[Star Dad]

Here is where you can get ephemeris data on it:
I use an interval of 1 hour and 24 dates to get a 24 hour list of positions.

https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html

[DEnc]

Tom Ruen made an intriguing graphic that was used in Sky & Telescope's article about Atlas. He extended the time frame so that parallax was evident in the comet's travels across the sky.

[helicon]

I sure hope so!

Hale-Bopp was one of the most amazing night sky sights of my lifetime!

I agree Jim. When it was high in the sky as a naked eye object I was living in Georgia, working late and driving home - just spectacular!

[pakarinen]

I remember Kohoutek in high school and the disappointing Halley, but I was occupied with getting divorced in 1997, so H-B wasn't on my radar screen at the time. Should have checked it out.