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Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) and Orion nebula. By Brent Nicholls
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Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) and Orion nebula. By Brent Nicholls

''May 10, 2026
Nelson, New Zealand

Canon 6D 200mm f3.5 70x20sec iso1600. DSS Siril Startools''

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u/Neaterntal — 2 days ago
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Comet R3 PanSTARRS Before Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula. By Jakub Kuřák & Martin Mašek (Institue of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) 2026 May 4,Chile

Jakub Kuřák: "C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) with the Witch Nebula🧙

May 4, 2026,Martin Mašek took remote photos of☄️C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) using FRAM (Photometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor) instrument,I then received these data for processing & this is the final image of this beautiful hairy thing.

"The comet itself has an orbital period of approximately 160,000 - 170,000 years, so this is the last time we will see it in our lifetime. Coincidentally, we observed the same comet less than a month ago on the island of La Palma."​

Source, Jakub Kuřák
https://www.instagram.com/jakubkurak/p/DYCUulairo3/

u/Neaterntal — 6 days ago