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Comet 3I/ATLAS (Source)

ICQ Comet Observations

Satoru Murata

3I/ATLAS [C/2025 N1 (ATLAS)]

2025-11-16 11:53:50~12:23:20 UTC

New Mexico, USA

I [Satoru Murata] captured the interstellar comet early this morning as a thin crescent moon passed immediately next to it. Still was able to capture three separate jets of ionic tail, and an anti tail? Or the dust tail?

The comet was also passing by the galaxy NGC4691, which really gave the impression of the object being from another world.

Image Train: Celestron EdgeHD800 + Celestron 0.7× reducer + Touptek ATR2600C

Subframes: 24×60s exposures

Date/Time: 2025-11-16 11:53:50~12:23:20 UTC

Location: https://bit.ly/3S68XI2

Comet stacked at the location of the first frame.

#3i/atlas #comet #thrilling image #interstellar visitor #astronomy

Comet ZTF over Mt. Etna, Italy

Comet-like plumes are blowing over the volcanic peaks of Mount Etna in this wintry mountain-and-skyscape from planet Earth. The stacked and blended combination of individual exposures recorded during the cold night of January 23 also captured naked-eye Comet ZTF just above Etna's snowy slopes. Of course, increasing sunlight and the solar wind are responsible for the comet's greenish coma and broad dusty tail. This weekend, Comet ZTF is dashing across northern skies between north star Polaris and the Big Dipper. From a dark site, you can only just spot it as a fuzzy patch, though. That's still an impressive achievement if you consider you are gazing at a visitor from the distant Oort cloud with your own eyes. But binoculars or a small telescope will make for an even more enjoyable view of this Comet ZTF in the coming days.

Image Copyright: Dario Giannobile

#2023 #interstellar visitor #50000 years in the making #ztf #comet #your friendly neighborhood space nerd #space #cool

New study suggests the interstellar visitor was ejected from a system with two suns.

#fascinating #asteroid #space #interstellar visitor

3I/ATLAS: The Third Interstellar Visitor Leaves the Solar System After a Fiery Fly-By

A Visitor From the Stars Astronomers around the world have confirmed that the object known as 3I/ATLAS—the third interstellar body ever detected—is now officially on its way out of our solar system after a spectacular solar fly-by. Discovered on 1 July 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope network in Chile, the object was first tagged as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS).…