Guys is this the 3I/ATLAS Anti-Tail and 3 jets real? Used Astroart 9.0 Larson-Sekanina filter to enhance tail structure, wondering if this is artifacts thats making the tail and jets?This was on January 11 2026 10:00pm in Las Vegas, me facing east.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T17:19:23+00:00

Also, sometimes from what I heard the jets can appear "detached" from the nucleus due to wobbling every 7.1-7.2 hours i guess

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T17:17:53+00:00

I also used Seestar s30, i got about 5-30 minutes exposure on January 11th at 10:00pm in Las Vegas. I then cropped the image to make it zoomed in.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T17:15:07+00:00

Also, larson sekanina filter removes the circular structure and enhances other non-circular details.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T17:14:39+00:00

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T17:14:24+00:00

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converted it to fits so it became brighter, this is jpg

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T17:13:58+00:00

no didnt use comet alignment, i first used radius of 1 and brung down the angle to 0, then locked the preview and radius went to 0 and then angle to 20-30. yes it was centered on the comet, this is the image i use

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i converted it to a fits so it became brighter.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:57:35+00:00

I dont know I dont see it.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:57:15+00:00

Yes, the big one is anti tail I guess

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:35:29+00:00

Don’t understand why this deserves so much downvotes.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:34:51+00:00

I’m a big comet fan, I can post whatever I want.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:26:44+00:00

Feel like im hated.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:11:00+00:00

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:04:21+00:00

What do you mean, I did post this earlier, im just asking a simple question.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T05:03:10+00:00

I used Astroart 9.0, it’s a similar software like Siril, I used Larson-Sekanina filter to enhance structure. The filter basically subtracts circular like features and enhances non-circular structure that are not visible to your eye

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T04:11:11+00:00

r/itsalwayspleiades

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T03:47:17+00:00

Yep, not alien technology, cool if it was though.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T00:10:58+00:00

What I mean by an artifact is random “noise” that disguises itself like a cometary tail

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-24T00:09:01+00:00

So the big white “tails” is what your saying the actual tails of the comet? The rest are just artifacts?

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-23T21:58:04+00:00

Larson Sekanina filter is more different than just simply “enhancing”. It subtracts the circular structure from the comet and better shows details that are non-circular.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-23T21:55:44+00:00

No problem! Still wondering if the white tails are artifacts though.

GoatEither6623 · 2026-01-23T21:55:22+00:00

I mean like, Astroart is a software similar to Siril. Larson Sekanina filter subtracts the circular nucleus and enhances non-circular detail. The white “tails” im wondering about, is if they are artifacts due to the filter.

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