# @hubbleesa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdGyT8BoIAq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70397160-hubbleesa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ce5e7fbe2e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10T12:00:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hubble Space Telescope (@hubbleesa) — https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa

## Caption

Our #HubbleTopImage features the famous comet 3I/ATLAS! ☄️⁠
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This photo of the interstellar comet, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope last year, captures it 365 million kilometres from Earth. Hubble’s observations revealed the teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off its solid, icy nucleus 🧊 and also allowed astronomers to estimate its size more accurately.⁠
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Because Hubble was tracking the comet moving along a hyperbolic trajectory, the stationary background stars are streaked in the exposure.⁠
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For more information check the link in bio.⁠
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📷 NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)⁠
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#ESA #Hubble

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hubble, hubbletopimage, esa

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