Bruce Murray Space Image Library

3I/ATLAS Gemini North Telescope image

3I/ATLAS Gemini North Telescope image
3I/ATLAS Gemini North Telescope image Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as seen by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i. This image reveals the comet’s compact coma—a glowing envelope of gas and dust released as the Sun warms its icy nucleus. International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Meech (IfA/U. Hawaii)/Image Processing: Jen Miller & Mahdi Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)