Milwaukee Astronomical Society

 

Early Look at C/2023 E1 (Atlas)

 Early Look at C/2023 E1 (Atlas)

 

Photo by Matthew Ryno

 

Scope / Lens

Unistellar eVscope

 

MAS Equipment

eVscope

 

Camera

Unistellar eVscope

 

Exposure

20 minute enhanced vision view

 

Processing

Electronically Assisted Astronomy, no post processing.

 

Date

Jun 22, 2023

 

Description

Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) will reach perihelion on July 01, 2023 and make its close approach to the Earth on August 18, 2023. This early view of it was taken from a Bortle 8 Milwaukee backyard on June 22 after submitting two scientific visual magnitude readings to SETI.

 

ID: 1451

Other Images by Matthew Ryno