International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Meech (IfA/U. Hawaii)
Image Processing: Jen Miller & Mahdi Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Comet 3I/ATLAS Seen With Gemini North
Comet 3I/ATLAS streaks across a dense star field in this image captured by the Gemini North telescope's Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N). The left panel captures the comet’s colorful trail as it moves through the Solar System. The image was composed of exposures taken through three filters, shown here as red, green, and blue. The right inset zooms in to reveal the comet’s compact coma — a cloud of gas and dust surrounding its icy nucleus.
