Another Comet Atlas

[Cyberman]

Thank you for viewing. Combination of 5,7 and 10sec lights, total of 18mins. From 19.10.24 in Brisbane. Also used darks, flats and dark flats. stacked in DSS, modified 600D , 50mm lens and homemade tracker. There appears to be a halo about the core of the comma. Not sure if this is true or a stacking artefact. Cheers, Rob

[OzEclipse]

Hi Rob,

Great photo but incorrectly named.

This is comet C2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan ATLAS) not comet ATLAS.

The ATLAS observatory is an automated system, Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. It discovers a lot of comets as a by product of its main mission.

There are currently 13 comets in the sky all bearing the name comet ATLAS alone plus a 14th dual name object (Tsuchinshan ATLAS) that you have imaged.

While we may currently know which comet you are incorrectly referencing now, this post will remain in archive for a long time. You should learn to correctly designate them using the year and discovery order C/2023 A3. You can optionally add the name (Tsuchinshan ATLAS) not ATLAS.

Joe