Side-by-side images of comet 3I/ATLAS. The left panel shows the comet moving against a backdrop of fixed stars in red, green, and blue tones. In the right panel, those exposures are combined into a single, detailed image of the comet with a glowing, diffuse coma. The comet appears as a bright, hazy object with a faint tail extending outward, surrounded by scattered background stars. Observations were made with the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii.
📸 3I/ATLAS
📅 July 17, 2025
📷 Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / K. Meech (IfA, U. Hawaii)
Processing: Jen Miller, Mahdi Zamani
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