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COMET C/2024 M1 (ATLAS)

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Comet C/2024 M1 (ATLAS) (astro.vanbuitenen.nl)

Discovery:  [CBET 5419:  COMET C/2024 M1]

     H. Sato reports cometary activity of an asteroidal NEOCP candidate (first reported by ATLAS Chile - W68 on Jun. 29 UT) on 8 stacked 30-second follow-up exposures taken on Jul. 3 UT, noting a very condensed 7" coma.

Prediscovery positions were reported back to 2022. Additional reports of cometary features are as follows:

OC   Date        Reporter           Coma    Tail    PA          Exposures

W88  2024-07-08  N. Paul            7".7                         15x50s

X07  2024-07-08  K. Yoshimoto       8"        6"   240           20x30s

X07  2024-07-18  T. Prystavski      8".7      8".7 272           11x60s

MPEC 2024-O16: COMET C/2024 M1 (ATLAS)