A rare stars is to join through our solar system. This new telescope that he saw first

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen wrestling through the solar system and was later confirmed as a visitor between the stars traveling towards the sun. Many telescopes have since turned her attention to the roaming object, but it turned out that the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory was the first to look at 3i/atlas.

In an act of cosmic coincidence, astronomers directed the Robin Observatory towards the correction of the sky, where the object appeared among the stars during the commissioning stage. The photos taken by the observatory, which float over a mountain in the Chilean Andes Mountains, later revealed the comet in its full glory. Robin’s notes on 3i/Atlas were recorded on June 21, about 10 days before her official discovery, according to another paper Available on Preprink Arxiv.

Robin Observatory, which is supervised by the National Science Corporation (NSF) and the Ministry of Energy (DOE), It includes the largest digital camera ever created for astronomy. Its camera is designed by a 3.2GB car to take high -resolution photos and videos from the universe. Observatory Its first photos of the public revealed on June 23Millions of galaxies and stars in the Milky Way for only 10 hours. The pictures were not only beautiful, but also revealed Supernovas and remote galaxies that could help astronomers study the expansion of the universe.

With a revolutionary accuracy, it is no wonder, then, that the Robin Observatory captured the comet that was recently discovered before any other telescope. 3i/Atlas was It was first monitored in the data collected by the last alert system (ATLAS) Between 25 and 29 June, and again on July 1. By July 2, he saw the deep random telescope in Rio Hortado, Chile, as well. The Small Planet Center of the Astronomical Union of Astronomical Union He emphasized that this comet came from outside our solar system On July 2, on the occasion of the third discovery of an object between the stars.

Since then, astronomers have rushed to collect as much data as possible on the mysterious object. Northern Gemini telescope on Monakia, Hawaii, recently I picked up a close offer of 3i/atlasSeize the coma of the comet in severe details. The initial notes of 3i/Atlas indicate that they are the oldest guilty that has been found at all, with a size of about two billion years of our solar system. Compared to the objects between the previous stars discovered, Omuamua and Comet 2i/Borisov3i/Atlas is not only older, but it is also faster. A recent study, which has not yet been subject to the view of the peer, Find 3i/atlas has an excessive speed of about 37 mph (60 km per second).

Robin’s early notes for 3i/Atlas are important given that they are the first pictures taken from the comet by high -resolution telescope. The new paper includes 49 photos in total, although it was excluded because it was taken during the Robin alignment sequence and was out of focus. Nineteen photos were taken during deliberate operations and confirmed that 3i/atlas actually behaves like a guilty, with a cloud of gas and dust surrounding its ice core, according to the paper.

Just as he was the first to discover the comet, Robin will also be the first to lose sight. On August 22, 3i/Atlas will turn from the area in the sky currently watching the observatory. Until then, astronomers will watch behind the paper for the visitor among the stars in Robin’s pictures.