ICQ Comet Observations member posted a new image of 3I/ATLAS, confirmed by a third object and a second comet from outside the solar system.
This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was captured by the Celestron EdgeHD 800 telescope on November 16, 2025. Image courtesy of Satoru Murata.
3I/ATLAS Discovered by the Asteroid Last Alert System (ATLAS) Survey Telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile on July 1, 2025.
The comet's orbit is the most dynamically extreme of any object ever recorded in the Solar System.
3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) and A11pl3Z, reached its closest approach to the Sun on October 30, 2025.
The same 3I/ATLAS image on a grid. Image credit: Satoru Murata.
November 16, 2025 Satoru Murata The ICQ Comet Observations team observed the comet using the 0.2-meter Celestron EdgeHD 800 telescope.
The new images show three separate jets pointing toward the Sun, as well as one away from it.
“I captured an interstellar comet early in the morning, when a thin crescent Moon passed next to it,” said Murata, who lives in New Mexico, USA.
“Nevertheless, we managed to capture three separate jets of the ion tail and the anti-tail? Or the dust tail?”
“The comet also passed by the galaxy NGC 4691, which really gave the appearance of an object from another world,” he added.
