In this beautiful nightscape, Craig Stocks shows Tsuchinshan-ATLAS low in the sky over the open roofs of UDRO.This image illustrates the magnitude of Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Although it was taken far after the peak, the comet clearly outshines the background stars. The antitail (the tail in front of the comet) and the green coma (tip of the comet) are clearly visible. This image was taken by Jett Peters with an Esprit 100 and a ZWO ASI6200MM. This image shows the true extent of the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS’s tail along with some of the telescopes hosted at UDRO. With the sky quality at UDRO, the Milky Way is incredible even with a short exposure. The image was taken by Craig Stocks with a Sony a7r5 with a Sony 24-70 lens.This image shows a close up look at Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Taken with a 16 inch Dream Astrograph, Craig Stocks captures incredible detail on the coma, bow shock, and dust tail. The front of the coma is green due to the presence of dicarbon. Solar wind causes the dicarbon to dissociate, giving off a green color. This image was shot in mono with a ZWO ASI6200MM, allowing for the green color to be brought out. This image shows the field of view of the previous image. With a wide field of view provided by the Rokinon 135 and ZWO ASI6200MC, Craig Stock captures the extent of the tail as the comet passes by globular star clusters M12 and M10.
