C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) tail
Taken by Nick James on January 20, 2025 @
Mt. Teide, Tenerife
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With the help of Nicolas Lefaudeux I've processed my images from last night which show the extensive dust tail of C/2024 G3 with the comet's head 7 degrees below the horizon as seen from 28N.
The image is a stack of 41x5s, ISO1600, Sony A7s iii, 100mm, f/2 lens taken at 1957UT on 2025-01-20. The field of view is 20x14 deg and the tail stretches to the top of the frame, so 21 deg from the head of the comet, although it is very faint by then.
The image was taken from 2100m up on Mt. Teide and the conditions were excellent. I convinced myself that I could see the lower, brighter part of the tail with the naked eye as faint striations similar in brightness to the zodiacal light but this is probably uncertain.
I imaged the comet itself around 20 mins after sunset but it was much fainter than the night before.
Photographer's website:
https://britastro.org/observations/user.php?user=14
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