Comet 3I Atlas - Interstellar Comet
in the Morning sky
11/29/25

 
 This
            fast moving comet is starting to fade out as it has allready
            passed as close as its going to get, which was not very close
            anyway. Despite a valliant effort to boost the blue gas tail
            by shooting 45m of blue luminance data, it was barely recorded.
            The left tail is the anti tail and is ruddy colored. On the right
            side is the super faint and diffuse gas tail, just hinting at
            its blue sheen. Unless some major outgassing occurs, this is
            probably my last shot of this interstellar visitor from another
            star system.

            
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Scope:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian + Baader MPCC 4 coma corrector
Camera: Atik 16200 CCD
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure:  60 mins BRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  32F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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