Himalayan Chandra Telescope captures comet ATLAS
The comet , also known as 3I/ATLAS, was first spotted by the ATLAS telescope in Chile, moving rapidly at a relative speed of 61 kilometre per second on July 1.
The IIA said that this object has captured the attention of astronomers across the world and in order to promote interest and awareness on this celestial visitor among the students and general public in India, the Indian Astronomical Observatory at Hanle observed the comet using the Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT) on the night of July 3.
'Our webpage (https://www.iiap.res.in/outreach/other-initiatives/comets-from-ourtelescopes/c2025-n1-atlas/) now has a video as well as montages of timelapse images of the comet using this data, along with additional details, for education and outreach purposes,' the IIA said on Thursday.
The comet was discovered by international telescopes, the IIA said.
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