Comet3I Atlas

by Don Curry

Objects in field: LAMOSTJ105825.14+054102.2, LAMOSTJ105831.75+055230.4, LAMOSTJ105945.22+052740.5, LAMOSTJ105953.82+061241.5, MQ J105817.42+060952.2, MQ J105946.07+054338.2, QZ Leo, SDSS J105803.27+061144.2, SDSS J105811.33+054511.5, SDSS J105821.28+053448.9, SDSS J105823.42+060851.6, SDSS J105825.11+054956.1, SDSS J105829.01+053400.1, SDSS J105833.86+055440.2, SDSS J105845.38+060608.8, SDSS J105846.88+052704.6, SDSS J105851.35+055213.5, SDSS J105854.93+053932.0, SDSS J105857.42+061226.9, SDSS J105900.29+061340.7, SDSS J105924.55+061329.0, SDSS J105931.86+052945.6, SDSS J105956.07+054003.2, TYC261-687-1, TYC261-736-1, TYC261-854-1, TYC261-872-1, TYC268-451-1, TYC268-744-1, WISEA J105757.15+055734.8, WISEA J105910.77+054909.7, WISEA J105914.07+061108.2

Equipment: ZWO Seestar S50, Sony IMX 462

Integration: 8m

Here is an image of Comet 3I/Atlas which is the 3rd interstellar object that came from outside our solar system ever observed with Oumuamua first in 2017 followed by Borisov in 2019. I was tracking the comet using Sky Live coordinates in real time and plotted its movement carefully. I was tracking it for 1.5 hours on December 16th between 4:10 A.M. until 6:00 A.M. Arizona time. Upon running a…