On 2025-12-02 00:00:00, comet ATLAS (C/2025 N1) (aka 3I/ATLAS) is predicted to sit at 11 59 31.19 +00 38 07.6 (ICRF). It is moving across the sky at -135.721″ h⁻¹ in right-ascension and 48.26418″ h⁻¹ in declination while shining at an estimated magnitude of 14.971 with 93.04128% of its coma illuminated. Light from the comet takes 15.81164912 minutes to reach Earth while it sits 70.4167 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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SPACEFLIGHT

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