HST's Newest Image Of Our Solar System's Latest Galactic Visitor Has Been Released...

NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Revisits Interstellar Comet (News Release - December 4)

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on November 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. At the time, the comet was about 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth.

Hubble tracked the comet as it moved across the sky. As a result, background stars appear as streaks of light.

Hubble previously observed 3I/ATLAS in July, shortly after its discovery, and a number of NASA missions have since studied the comet as well. Observations are expected to continue for several more months as 3I/ATLAS heads out of the Solar System.

Source: NASA.Gov

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NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)