Re: [BAA Comets] Fragmentation of C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)
Nick James 23 Nov 2025 16:05 UTC
Courtesy of Helen Usher and the BAA/Comet Chasers group I have processed
some data obtained earlier today from the 2.0-m f/5.2 RC Foulkes
Telescope North (F65). This has an image scale of 0.27"/pix. This image
is resampled by a factor of 2 and is 2.3 arcmin square. It is a stack of
3x10s images taken at half the comet's offset rate.
It shows a separate, faint apparent fragment just ahead of C and an
elongated bright area behind A. Component A has brightened significantly
over the past few days.
All that is left of component B is its tail.
Nick.