There’s nothing typical about 3I/Atlas.
Also, this image is not taken by NASA, it’s done by an amateur astronomer they didn’t even thought of crediting.
The $20k amateur earth based home astronomy setup in 2025 beats a multibillion dollar space based state of the art optical telescopes that can seemingly only produce grainy images that look like street lamps during a foggy night.
NASA has become a joke that no longer produces anything remotely interesting or sophisticated. Sometimes I wonder why they even exist.
quotingAPOD from 2025-12-01
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3I ATLAS: Tails of an Interstellar #Comet
Studying comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor, suggests our Solar System is typical. It shares characteristics with our comets, like composition and dust ejection. Captured in Texas, the image shows a green coma and blue ion tail—common features. After its December #Earth flyby, it'll exit our system forever.
HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251201.html#space #astronomy #asteroid #meteor #telescope #universe
