Help Please - Comet ATLAS image from outside UK [Solar System] Acquisition techniques · PhotoGav · ... · 2 · 92 · 0

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Hi,

I am trying to organise the taking of simultaneous images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) in an attempt to estimate its distance through parallax. I will take one image in the UK at 0.5”/px and am looking for a collaborator to take an image at the same time, but from somewhere south of the UK. The further the better!

If you think you could help me out, please let me know.

As ATLAS is rapidly fading, we need to get on with this soon!

Thanks,

Gav.
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eigenVector 1.51
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I'm a real rookie at comet, and my data is pretty hit-and-miss due to clouds/haze/poor-seeing... but I've been imaging it almost every night over the past week at 0.5"/px (most nights) as I'm putting together a deep-zoom of it's path through a chunk of Camelopardalis ... I wouldn't think there'd be much regarding overlap as I'm east-coast US (~36* 20' N)unless you've already got data late at night that coincides with a particular early night timeslot of mine.

In the event it helps, here's my acquisition log of the target: (all data alternating R,G,B ... ) Let me know if there are any particular data points you are interested in.
Good luck.
ObsDate(EDT)  Exposures StartingUTC EndingUTC
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20200321 032x60s 04:56:27 07:22:24
20200325 009x60s 05:24:10 05:33:34
20200327 063x60s 05:43:00 06:50:37
20200328 063x60s 05:01:09 06:16:50
20200329 101x60s 06:06:42 08:05:22
20200401 126x60s 05:20:34 07:36:51
20200403 114x60s 05:14:59 07:20:02
20200404 047x60s 05:02:02 07:13:46
20200405 084x60s 05:05:38 07:50:36
20200406 156x60s 04:45:18 07:37:18
20200407 180x60s 04:38:35 08:00:49
20200408 078x60s 06:03:15 07:50:56
20200410 198x60s 04:35:38 08:20:52
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PhotoGav 0.00
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Thank you for your offer. Unfortunately the comet is low and behind a tree for me at those kind of times!
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