Palomar and Apache Point Spectrophotometry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
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| author | Belyakov, Matthew Fremling, Christoffer Graham, Matthew J. Bolin, Bryce T. Kilic, Mukremin Jewett, Gracyn Lisse, Carey M. Ingebretsen, Carl Davis, M. Ryleigh Wong, Ian |
| author_facet | Belyakov, Matthew Fremling, Christoffer Graham, Matthew J. Bolin, Bryce T. Kilic, Mukremin Jewett, Gracyn Lisse, Carey M. Ingebretsen, Carl Davis, M. Ryleigh Wong, Ian |
| contents | On July 1st 2025 the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS or C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), was discovered, with an eccentricity of $e=6.15 \pm 0.01$ and perihelion of $q=1.357\pm0.001$ au. We report our initial visible to near-infrared (420-1000 nm) spectrophotometry of 3I/ATLAS using both the Palomar 200 inch telescope and Apache Point Observatory. We measure 3I/ATLAS to have a red spectral slope of 19 %/100 nm in the 420-700 nm range, and a more neutral 6 %/100 nm slope over 700-1000 nm. We detect no notable emission features such as from C$_2$. |
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| spellingShingle | Palomar and Apache Point Spectrophotometry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Belyakov, Matthew Fremling, Christoffer Graham, Matthew J. Bolin, Bryce T. Kilic, Mukremin Jewett, Gracyn Lisse, Carey M. Ingebretsen, Carl Davis, M. Ryleigh Wong, Ian Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics On July 1st 2025 the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS or C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), was discovered, with an eccentricity of $e=6.15 \pm 0.01$ and perihelion of $q=1.357\pm0.001$ au. We report our initial visible to near-infrared (420-1000 nm) spectrophotometry of 3I/ATLAS using both the Palomar 200 inch telescope and Apache Point Observatory. We measure 3I/ATLAS to have a red spectral slope of 19 %/100 nm in the 420-700 nm range, and a more neutral 6 %/100 nm slope over 700-1000 nm. We detect no notable emission features such as from C$_2$. |
| title | Palomar and Apache Point Spectrophotometry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11720 |