Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) Archives

Comet SWAN arrives as ATLAS fades

21st April 2020 CometWatch Admin 4

Over the past couple of months we’ve had a lot of drama surrounding Comet c/2019 y4 (ATLAS). The then desperately faint object was discovered last […]

Comet ATLAS Latest: Disintegrating

8th April 2020 CometWatch Admin 2

Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) discovered in December last year promised a possible great naked eye show as the icy rock’s rate of brightening surprised astronomers […]

Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4) could reach naked eye brightness

21st March 2020 CometWatch Admin 2

[UPDATE 07-Apr-2020]: Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) is breaking apart. Discovered on 28 December, 2019, Comet ATLAS was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System […]