Chennai, Nov. 20 -- Scientists from Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS currently onits way out of the inner Solar system after perihelion passage.
These observations were made during November 12 to 15.
Observations were carried out in imaging and spectroscopic (analysis of the constituent wavelengths of the light emitted) modes with PRL's 1.2m telescope.
The images show a near-circular coma, ISRO said in an update.
The coma of a comet is the large, glowing atmosphere of gas and dust that forms around its nucleus as it gets closer to the Sun. It is created when the Sun's heat causes the frozen ices on the nucleus to vaporize, or "sublimate," releasing gas and dust that form a large, diffuse cloud....