File:3I-ATLAS VLT 2025-07-04.gif
Summary
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English: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (formerly A11pl3Z) moving across a field of stars, as seen by the 8.2-meter Very Large Telescope (UT1) at Cerro Paranal. Images were taken with the FORS2 camera on the night of 2025 July 4, from 06:50 to 07:01 UTC. The comet is the bright, white moving fuzzy object near the center of the image. Images are immediately public domain and were taken from observing program 115.29F2.001, titled "A11pl3Z, the 3rd interstellar object" |
| Date | Taken on 4 July 2025Category:Photographs taken on 2025-07-04 |
| Source | Raw images downloaded from ESO Science Archive (query form here) |
| Author |
Olivier Hainaut et al./European Southern Observatory (processed by Nrco0e) |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
ESO Archive FAQ: "As a rule, science data in ESO Archive are available to users worldwide as soon as data proprietary period has expired (typically: one year)." http://archive.eso.org/cms/faq/are-all-data-from-eso-archive-available-worldwide.html |
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  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Attribution: Olivier Hainaut et al./European Southern Observatory
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