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The original was posted on /r/space by /u/tibithegreat on 2025-07-03 20:04:16+00:00.
This is a screenshot from the Tycho software after I stacked 60x1min images from last night, and in the center that light source is the newly discovered interstellar object, known today as 3i/Atlas (or A11pl3Z as it was called yesterday).
This object was reported just yesterday as a new possible new interstellar object entering our solar system (after 1i/Oumuamua and 2i/Borisov). I took the opportunity last night and pointed my telescope at it and took some images. This morning the object was already confirmed, and once I processed my images … there it was :).
The images was stacked to compensate for the reported movement of the object, which why all the neighbouring stars look like lines, except for one tiny point in the center of the crosshair, located almost exactly at the coordinates reported by Minor Planet Center and Nasa Horizons.
My setup is:
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Telescope skywatcher 200/800
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Mount: EQ6R
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Camera: ZWO ASI 533MC
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Guiding ZWO ASI 220MM + ZWO OAG
And I took this from my backyard in Bucharest. So for any other amateur astronomers: This object is definetly accessible, a mono camera and a darker sky would get a much better image of this object.
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