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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня 3I/ATLAS: вид с планеты Земля http://www.astronet.ru/db/msg/1984368/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri
Explanation:
Now outbound after its perihelion or closest approach to the Sun
on October 29,
Comet 3I/ATLAS
is only the third known interstellar object
to pass through our fair Solar System.
Its greenish coma and faint tails
are seen against a background of stars in the constellation Virgo in this
view from planet
Earth,
recorded with a small telescope on November 14.
But this interstellar interloper
is the subject of an on-going, unprecedented
Solar
System-wide observing campaign
involving spacecraft and space telescopes from Earth orbit to the surface of
Mars
and beyond.
And while the comet from another star-system has recently
grown brighter,
you'll still need a telescope if you want to
see
3I/ATLAS
from planet Earth.
It's now above the horizon in
November morning skies
and will make its closest approach to Earth, a comfortable
270 million kilometers distant, around December 19.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.