Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2023 B2 (ATLAS), Taras Prystavski
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Comet C/2023 B2 (ATLAS)

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Comet C/2023 B2 (ATLAS) is ~2 magnitudes brighter than expected!
Comet has passed perihelion on 2023 Mar. 10.498 and currently is at its peak brightness.

Comet C/2023 B2 (ATLAS)
2023 Apr. 02.74 UT  m1=14.7 (m2=16.2) Dia.=0.9'...[T30] 0.51-m f/4 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph + CCD... T. Prystavski... (iTelescope observatory, Q62 (remotely from Siding Spring, Australia))

Q62_2023_04_08-1_multi.txt

MPCReport_calibrated-T30-prystavski-CK23B020-20230402-034306-Luminance-BIN2-W-050-001+5.txt

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Light curve created using "Comet for Windows" software. Copyright(C) Seiichi Yoshida.

Other observations:
2023B2 2023 03 02.27 C 16.9:GG 51.0C 7a240 & 0.2 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.19m A4B 5 P4* 0.7s 0.7

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Comet C/2023 B2 (ATLAS), Taras Prystavski

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