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Komet C/2019 Y4 (Atlas)

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Tonight I wanted to try if I can find the comet C / 2019 Y4 (Atlas) with the telescope and if necessary can take pictures ... So first align the telescope and set up north. Then I focused with APT (Astro Photography Tools) (first with autofocus on Capella which didn't work so well and then with the Bahtinov help). Then I looked for the current coordinates of the comet on the Internet (theskylive.com/c2019y4-tracker) and aligned the telescope (with Voyager). The comet was almost immediately visible in the center of the picture. I then exposed for 60s and it was clearly visible. Comet C / 2019 Y4 (Atlas): Atik Horizon OSC 60s, unprocessed photo Comet C / 2019 Y4 (Atlas): Atik Horizon OSC 5 x 60s, processed with PixInsight