2024g3 20250103 tlovejoy

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) : 2025 Jan 3.367 UT imaged remotely using iTelescope T75 (25cm f3.?? in Chile. This image is a 6 x 5 sec + 6 x 2 sec stack with mono sensor unfiltered with the FOV cropped to 1.6 degrees. Its clear there has been an outburst and G-band photometry puts the comet at m1=2.7 despite the central condensation being saturated. At the mid point of this exposure the comet was at 4.8 degrees elevation, with the sun -11.3 below (bright