On 2025-12-05 00:00:00, comet ATLAS (C/2025 N1) (aka 3I/ATLAS) is predicted to sit at 11 48 21.56 +01 37 43.0 (ICRF). It is moving across the sky at -143.288″ h⁻¹ in right-ascension and 51.0518″ h⁻¹ in declination while shining at an estimated magnitude of 15.014 with 93.17679% of its coma illuminated. Light from the comet takes 15.56246559 minutes to reach Earth while it sits 76.4121 degrees away from the Sun. It is currently located in the Virgo constellation.

Astronomy

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Skywatching

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Deep Sky Objects

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Today's Moon Phase

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Constellation

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