Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS over Colombia
Astrophotographer Andres Molina: "Taken last night, January 18, 2025, from Bogotá, Colombia, between 18:38 and 18:53 local time . . . The comet was clearly visible to the naked eye, and the clean skies made this my best capture of this celestial body so far."
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub.
Comet C/2024 G3 was found by the automated Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on April 5, 2024, in images obtained with a 0.5-m reflector telescope located in Río Hurtado, Chile. ATLAS is funded by NASA's Planetary Defense Office. ATLAS was developed and is operated by the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy.
Capture Location: Bogota, Colombia
Capture Date: Jan. 18, 2025
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