Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Octans (Oct)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano), Taras Prystavski
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Comet C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano)

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Comet C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano)
2021 May 13.79 UT m1=14.2 (m2=15.5) Dia.=0.8' Tail=&11' in PA 262 deg... [T32] 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD...
iTelescope observatory, Q62 (remotely from Siding Spring, Australia)

Long tail of comet C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano) is very approximately estimated of being 11' long. The tail
is smoothly fading away somewhere in the glare of star HD 198012, so it's difficult to measure it accurately.
This year in June comet will reach its peak brightness.

Q62_2021_05_16-1_multi.txt

MPCReport_calibrated-T32-prystavski-CK19F010-20210513-045415-Luminance-BIN2-E-120-001.txt

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Comet C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano), Taras Prystavski

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