National Astronomical Research Institute NARIT releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS From the 2.4 meter National Telescope at the National Observatory. On Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai Province, early morning today, by a picture ofComet 3I/ATLAS on December 19, 2025 It is the day when the comet is closest to Earth. The comet is currently in the constellation Leo. It is approximately 269 million kilometers from Earth. However, the comet’s apparent brightness has not increased. An observation telescope is required. cannot be viewed with the naked eye And after this, 3I/ATLAS will head out of the solar system and never return.
Comet 3I/ATLAS It received a lot of attention. Because it is an object that comes from The comet was first discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) Asteroid Survey Telescope and reported to the Minor Planet Center on July 1, 2025, which has since been searched retrospectively for images of the comet. Both from the ATLAS telescope project itself and from other observatories. With data dating back to June 14, 2025, astronomers were able to calculate the comet’s trajectory. and found that this comet Traveling from outside our solar system This star is named after the letter “I,” which stands for “Interstellar,” and is the third object to receive this abbreviation. This is the origin of the name “3I/ATLAS”.
follow : Gallery of images of comet 3I/ATLAS taken by NARIT’s telescope narit.or.th
read : A collection of images of comet 3I/ATLAS from NASA’s solar system probes, although not as clear as other comets. But it was confirmed that it was a comet from outside the solar system.
