Observation by Nick James: C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) headless tail

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2025 Jan 19 - 19:53

Uploaded

2025 Jan 20 - 10:12

Objects

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

Equipment

Sony A7s iii + 100mm, f/2 Canon lens

Exposure

10x2s, ISO1600

Location

Mt. Teide, Tenerife

Target name

C/2024 G3

Title

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) headless tail

About this image

This is the very faint, far end of the extended dust tail of comet C/2024 G3 which had set around 30 mins earlier. There have been some spectacular images of this tail from the southern hemisphere but it is visible from north of the equator in darker skies with extreme contrast stretching once the comet has set.

Files associated with this observation

2024g3_20250119_195346_ndj.jpg (3.1 MB)

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