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Amateur Astronomer Michael Jaeger once again steps in to provide decent images of 3I/Atlas when seemingly no high-powered telescope arrays are able to do so. Either that, or available images/data have been withheld from the public.
The above image shows 3I/Atlas as at 8 November 2025, with what looks like....5 tails? Including the anti-tail that is apparently still present. So now, our Visitor has not 1 but several tails....but with a "complex structure". Another anomaly, it would seem.
From SpaceWeather:
Michael Jaeger of Austria has been tracking the comet since it re-appeared on Nov. 4th. "We have something unusual to report," he says. "3I/ATLAS showed a complex tail structure early this morning (Nov. 8th)."
Here's a good one from another amateur Astronomer Alberto Quijano Vodniza:
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We have another photo of our Visitor on 9 November 2025, this time from Frank Niebling and Michael Buechner who are, yep you've guessed it, amateur Astronomers:
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From SpaceWeather:
"Despite the comet's low altitude (9o to 12o) and interference from bright moonlight (82 % illuminated), we were able to capture this image with nice details," says Niebling. "The picture is heavily processed to show the antitail on one side and the 'smoking' tail on the other."
Those abominable lines? SpaceWeather explains:
One more thing: What are all the streaks in Niebling's photo? Starlink satellites. Earth is surrounded by more than 8000 of them, so it is almost impossible to take photos of this low-hanging morning comet without Starlink interference.
As expected, Avi Loeb has given his analysis, but he rather interestingly refers to those "tails" as "jets", and identified not one but two anti-tails. He also points out that the anti-tails must have properties which are able to overcome our Sun's solar wind speeds, unlike that of a natural Comet.
He additionally makes some other propositions suggesting that 3I/Atlas may be much larger than the officially reported 5km and that "technological thrusters" could be present. Please read the report here.
Namarie! 💚
