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The moon seems to vanish, but the last sun rays reach him in his darkest hour. A red glimmer shines through time and space. But soon it will be all over, just a second in a infinite universe, just a stream of light thorugh thousands of years. Just a little hello from your old friend - the moon.
This is the second interstellar comet ever discovered (the first one was Borisov; the very first interstellar object discovered - Oumuamua - wasn't a comet). It was discovered on July 1, 2025. The comet in this image is extremely faint (magnitude around 17.5), and also moving quite fast in the sky, so it was very challenging to make this photo. I photographed the comet 17 days after its discovery, from my light polluted backyard in Hamilton, Ontario. I took 90 images using 1-minute exposure through my 8-inch Ritchey–Chrétien telescope, with SvBony SV705C camera. The processing was done using the free software ASTAP.
The comet is still on it's way to the closest to the Sun point (will reach it on October 29), but it's no longer visible in the northern hemisphere.
Check for more details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3I/ATLAS .
Lee Harvey Osmond at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ©Eric Kozakiewicz/Interstellar Rodeo