{"id":266012,"date":"2025-11-16T12:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/266012\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:11:16","slug":"watch-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-speed-away-from-the-sun-in-free-telescope-livestream-on-nov-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/266012\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS speed away from the sun in free telescope livestream on Nov. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS, an exceptional object: online observation \u2013 17 Nov. 2025. – YouTube
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Tune in on Nov. 16 to witness detailed telescopic views of interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS<\/a> as it races headlong away from the sun on an escape trajectory from our solar system, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Project.<\/p>\n

The Virtual Telescope Project’s YouTube livestream<\/a> begins at 11:15 p.m. ET on Nov. 16 (0415 GMT on Nov. 17) and will feature live views of comet<\/a> 3I\/ATLAS captured by the organization’s suite of robotic telescopes situated in Manciano, Italy.<\/p>\n

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Comet 3I\/ATLAS was discovered on July 1 earlier this year and was swiftly confirmed to be just the third interstellar object ever to visit our solar system<\/a>, based on an analysis of its trajectory. The interstellar comet recently made its closest approach to the sun<\/a> on Oct. 30 during an event known to astronomers as “perihelion<\/a>” and has only recently emerged out from behind our parent star.<\/p>\n

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Virtual Telescope Project founder Gianluca Masi captured a stunning image of comet 3I\/ATLAS on Nov. 11, which revealed the interstellar invader’s glowing central coma and lengthening smoke-like ion tail<\/a> being carried away by the solar wind.<\/p>\n

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Comet 3I\/ATLAS pictured glowing in the night sky on Nov. 11 (Image credit: Gianluca Masi, The Virtual Telescope Project.)<\/p>\n

3I\/ATLAS can currently be found rising above the eastern horizon in the hours directly preceding dawn in mid-to-late November, travelling through the stars<\/a> of the constellation Virgo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With an estimated magnitude<\/a> (or brightness) of +10.9<\/a>, 3I\/ATLAS is too dim to be spotted by the naked eye, though a small backyard telescope will be capable of resolving its bright central coma as a fuzzy blob of diffuse light against the sharper points of the stars beyond.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: If you would like to share your astrophotography with Space.com’s readers, then please send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com.<\/p>\n

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