It’s been a busy few weeks for astrophotographers. Not only has the ongoing planet parade been delighting stargazers, but from mid to late January, Comet G3 (ATLAS) could be seen streaking across Earth’s skies. And such was its intensity, it’s already being referred to as a ‘great comet’.
Comet G3 (ATLAS) was first discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in April of last year and while it’s been calculated as taking 160,000 years to reach perihelion (its closest point to the sun), it could take 600,000 years to complete its outbound orbit.
