Observation by Rob Kaufman: It's farewell to the tail remnant of C/2...

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Observer

Rob Kaufman

Observed

2025 Jun 27 - 00:00

Uploaded

2025 Jul 06 - 21:44

Objects

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

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Constellation

Reticulum

Field centre

RA: 03^h29^m
Dec: -60°36'
Position angle: -111°13'

Field size

6°17' × 8°32'

Full filename

2024g3/2024g3_20250627_rkaufman.jpg

Target name

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

Title

It's farewell to the tail remnant of C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from me, pretty much reached my limit with equipment and skills. Attached is what's probably my last image after following it for nearly 5 1/2 months since the comet disintegrated. It was taken on 27 June in excellent morning skies - the tail is the small, faint, ill-defined patch to the top-left of the marked ephemeris position, approximately where it was expected given post-orbital plane crossing trend. It is still show See more

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