{"id":220839,"date":"2026-01-01T01:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220839\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T01:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:01:15","slug":"interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-aka-c-2025-n1-atlas-on-its-way-back-to-deep-space-30-dec-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220839\/","title":{"rendered":"Interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS (aka C\/2025 N1 ATLAS) on its way back to deep space &#8211; 30 Dec. 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After many cloudy nights, we finally imaged the interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS  (aka C\/2025 N1 ATLAS), which is now clearly fading as it recedes into deep space.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3IATLAS_29dec2025_c14_masi_vtp.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206883\" class=\"wp-image-206883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3IATLAS_29dec2025_c14_masi_vtp.jpg\" alt=\"Interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS. 30 Dec. 2025.\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-206883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS. 30 Dec. 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 9, 120-second exposures, remotely taken with the C14 + ST-10XME + Paramount ME robotic unit available as part of the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Manciano, Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The anti-tail, pointing to the Eastern direction, is well visible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We will continue to monitor this exceptional object. See all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtelescope.eu\/tag\/3i-atlas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our images of 3I\/ATLAS here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtelescope.eu\/solar-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Back to \u201cSolar System\u201d page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support The Virtual Telescope Project!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Support us! Please, donate and receive an EXCLUSIVE, image of the interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS and many more pictures, specifically made for supporters like you!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtelescope.eu\/donate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-205552 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Donatebutton.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"26\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After many cloudy nights, we finally imaged the interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS (aka C\/2025 N1 ATLAS), which is now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-220839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}