Observation by Nick James: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2025 Jul 03 - 03:32

Uploaded

2025 Jul 03 - 05:53

Equipment

0.51-m f/6.8 CDK + CCD

Exposure

15x60s

Location

Rio Hurtado, Chile

Target name

3I/ATLAS

Title

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

About this image

This is an image of newly-discovered comet 3I/ATLAS. This is the third known interstellar object to be observed passing through our Solar System and it should be observable for the next year. See the discussion here.

Files associated with this observation

3i_20250703_033232_ndj.jpg (920.5 kB)

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