C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) 2020-Mar-21 Chris Schur

This new comet will brighten significantly over the next month, and may become brilliant in the sunset sky in a month or two. The bright 4.7th magnitude star Rho Ursa Majoris is just out side the field to the lower left and made for lots of glare, flaring and artifacts in this image! The comet shows a beautiful teal color, and a ray type tail forming. Will be exciting to follow its journey across the sky.

Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure: 40mins
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature: 45F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

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