Comet C/​2020 M3 (ATLAS)

M15 Cluster in Pegasus Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

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Comet C/​2020 M3 (ATLAS) was dis­covered in sum­mer 2020 by the Aster­oid Terrestri­al-impact Last Alert System. On 19th of Novem­ber 2020, the comet was in front of Sh2-264 in con­stel­la­tion Orion.

To cre­ate the final image, 2 hours of lumin­ace images ( 40 x 3min) have been com­bined with 2h RGB (36 x 3min) data.

[descrip­tion from APOD]

Details

Tele­scope:
Taka­hashi FSQ-106EDX III
Mount:
ASA DDM85
Cam­era:
Andor CG16M
Fil­ters:
Astro­don Gen2
Expos­ure:
LRGB 120:36:36:36 min.
Loc­a­tion:
ROSA Remote Obser­vat­or­ies South­ern Alps
Author:
© Mar­tin Ruster­holz, Astrophotographer

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About Me

Hello, my name is Martin Rusterholz. I’m a Swiss amateur astrophotographer living near Zurich, the biggest town in Switzerland. My interest in astronomy started when I was 16. At that time, I built my first Newtonian telescope and mount. I studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) which was the only study including at least some aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. “Looking at the nights sky is an experience touching everybody deeply inside, something common to all human beings independent to the language spoken by the individuals”. Deep-sky astrophotography is my passion.

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