Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

Chris Schur of Payson, Arizona was able to photograph C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) on two consecutive days — Jan. 12 and 13 — at around 11 a.m. MST, using a 10-inch, f/3.9 Newtonian reflector telescope.

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Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is set to reach perihelion — its closest point to the Sun — on Jan. 13, 2025. On that date, it will come within just 8.3 million miles (13.5 million kilometers ...

In addition, C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record ... easily rivaled the planet Mercury — which was then shining at magnitude -0.3 — in brightness. The comet reached perihelion ...

Veteran comet hunters have called G3 (ATLAS) the "Great Comet of 2025" due to its daytime visibility and spectacular nighttime sightings. In these gorgeous photos from the Paranal Observatory ...