C/2020 M3 ATLAS

[peter]

http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2020M3/2020M3.html

https://www.universetoday.com/148350/tales-of-two-fall-comets-88p-howell-and-m3-atlas/



October

21-Passes near +3.2 magnitude star Epsilon Leporis.

26-Reaches perihelion, at 1.269 AU from the Sun.

27-Passes 10’ from +3.3 magnitude star Mu Leporis.
November

2-Crosses into the constellation of Orion the Hunter.

3-Pass 1.5 degrees from the bright star Rigel.

5- Passes near the +3.6 magnitude star Tau Orionis.

6- Passes 3 degrees from the Great Orion Nebula, Messier 42.

11- Crosses the celestial equator northward.

14-Passes closest to the Earth, at 0.358 AU distant.

15- Passes near the star Bellatrix.

23-Passes into the astronomical constellation of Taurus the Bull.

27- Photo-op: Passes 2 degrees from the Crab Nebula, Messier 1.

29-Crosses the ecliptic plane northward.

[peter]

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blogs/explore-night-bob-king/comets-crawl-through-the-skies-at-dawn-and-dusk/

[peter]

https://twitter.com/astrofan80/status/1317485596143648776

[peter]

https://www.facebook.com/140234731687/photos/a.155712931687/10157271066856688/?type=3&theater


https://www.facebook.com/100015205235731/videos/pcb.1276915489145577/1010208066162692/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

[peter]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3953862681308666&set=gm.1288254341345025&type=3&theater&ifg=1

[peter]

https://www.cobs.si/analysis2?col=comet_id&id=1932&start_date=2020/08/01%2000:00&end_date=2020/12/31%2000:00&plot_type=0&perihelion=0&fit_curve=1&obs_type=3