Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4), A Comet set to pass close to the sun soon... Options

[Skygazer]

I'm not sure why I Haven't Posted anything about This Yet, but better late then never.

The Basic's are that its a comet with a near-parabolic orbit, which was discovered by the ATLAS survey on December 28, 2019, Named Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4) or Comet ATLAS.
More Details Can be found on Its Wiki Page.

For now This particular Post will Focus on the most recent news i have found about this comet from SpaceWeather.com.

Due to its orbit it will be getting closer and closer to the sun until in Late May it will pass through the orbit of Mercury. it getting closer and closer to the sun means it is heating up and glowing, but even more recently has begun to start forming a tail, as shown here in an animation Recorded by Gerald Rhemann, taken on March 27th from his backyard observatory in Eichgraben, Lower Austria.

- Needs to be opened to animate -
(Featured on SpaceWeather.com On April 2nd)

Currently Not visible to the naked eye, once it starts glowing more it may challenge Venus for brightness.

Now that there is a topic for this comet i will do my best to keep this topic updated as events progress.

[Skygazer]

Very interesting indeed, i cant seem to find the info im looking for now due to not remembering when said data was uploaded. either way, im pretty sure somebody said on SpaceWeather.com that its mostly hydrogen coming off of the nucleus. pretty awesome stuff. since this comet has come and gone, there have been 2 more that have had close approaches to the sun as well. there is a small chance that comet ATLAS may come back around to make another close approach, but more probable that it dose not.

I'm considering making a topic that covers Comets that have close approaches to the sun, so that the topic will not die when a comet does.

Before i do that i need to make sure i get better at updating, since its been nearly 4 months since ATLAS.

Keep looking up (and watch where you're walking too)