Image: 3I-ATLAS noirlab2522c

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Description: Comet 3I/ATLAS streaks across a dense star field in this image captured by the Gemini North telescope's Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N). The left panel captures the comet’s colorful trail as it moves through the Solar System. The image was composed of exposures taken through three filters, shown here as red, green, and blue. This image was made from observations on 3 July 2025 (determined via coordinates given in source's annotations/footnotes.)
Title: 3I-ATLAS noirlab2522c
Credit: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2522c/
Author: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Meech (IfA/U. Hawaii) Image Processing: Jen Miller & Mahdi Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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