Comet ATLAS in AQUILA on April 8 to April 20th. It is a magnitude 9.5 comet. You may need a 8"+ scope to see it. It will be moving into HERCULES at the end of the month. The comet was discovered by the telescope in Hawaii to searches for Earth impacting asteroids. Thus the name ATLAS, is an acronym for ASTEROID TERRESTRIAL-IMPACT LAST ALTER SYSTEM, the system program that found the comet. The best time to see it is in the predawn sky. The positions above are at 4am CDT.
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