[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Black Hole [@konstructivizm](/creator/twitter/konstructivizm) on x 755.9K followers Created: 2025-07-18 18:57:00 UTC ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object discovered last week. Identified as a comet, 3I/ATLAS is only the third visitor from outside the Solar System ever found, after 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Its highly eccentric hyperbolic orbit, unlike that of objects in the Solar System, gave away its interstellar origin. In this image, several VLT observations have been overlaid, showing the comet as a series of dots that move to the right of the image over approximately XX minutes on the night of July 3, 2025. The data were obtained with the FORS2 instrument and are available in the ESO archive. Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut  XXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1946283077157663090)
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ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object discovered last week. Identified as a comet, 3I/ATLAS is only the third visitor from outside the Solar System ever found, after 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Its highly eccentric hyperbolic orbit, unlike that of objects in the Solar System, gave away its interstellar origin.
In this image, several VLT observations have been overlaid, showing the comet as a series of dots that move to the right of the image over approximately XX minutes on the night of July 3, 2025. The data were obtained with the FORS2 instrument and are available in the ESO archive.
Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut
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