C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) 2020-Apr-22 Chris Schur

This disintegrating comet still continues to be a great target for comet astro imagers. The ray type tail is becoming more evident, and while the comets head is fading to a ghost of it former self, continues to glow a nice teal color.

Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure: 66mins
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 7/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature: 45F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

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