{"id":286815,"date":"2026-02-16T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/286815\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:04:08","slug":"interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-aka-c-2025-n1-atlas-a-new-image-15-feb-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/286815\/","title":{"rendered":"Interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS (aka C\/2025 N1 ATLAS): a new image &#8211; 15 Feb. 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We imaged the interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS (aka C\/2025 N1 ATLAS) again, now that it faded significantly since our previous visit, last month.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3IATLAS_15feb2026_c14_masi.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206981\" class=\"wp-image-206981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3IATLAS_15feb2026_c14_masi.jpg\" alt=\"Interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS. 11 Jan. 2026.\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-206981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS. 11 Jan. 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 10, 120-second exposures, remotely taken with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualtelescope.eu\/the-celestron-360mm-schmidt-cassegrain-telescope-on-paramount-me\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celestron C14+Paramount ME+SBIG ST-10XME<\/a>\u00a0robotic unit available as part of the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Manciano, Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3I\/ATLAS has faded significantly, while it recedes from its perihelion. We will keep an eye on this unique interstellar visitor while it will be within our observing capabilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Donatebutton.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"26\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We imaged the interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS (aka C\/2025 N1 ATLAS) again, now that it faded significantly since our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-286815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}