3I/ATLAS - the only comet I could capture from home - 2025.12.18-19 / Crop

by Vroobel

Objects in field: NGC 3349, NGC 3356, NGC 3362, NGC 3376, NGC 3436, NGC 3441, 37 Sex

Equipment: Askar Twin FMA230, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 3h 27m

Why is the 3I/ATLAS the only comet I could capture from home? It’s because this comet arrived from interstellar space, and recently it started its further travel to deep space. What does it mean for me? Every typical comet becomes visible near the Sun when the heat causes a sublimation of ice and releasing dust in the process; it’s the time when we can observe coma and tail. Looking from planets…