Last night, NASA's Perseverance rover looked up at the night sky once more, to capture interstellar comet 3I/Atlas flying by the red planet.

The distance was "only" 0.2 AU or 30 Mio km, far closer than the comet ever got to Earth.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

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Looks like #Perseverance found itself a new target at a new (old) location. It appears it has captured some 'flats' for the SUPERCAM, using the sky at a 76° elevation in the early local evening. Maybe to be used with SC imagery of the passing by interstellar comet 3I/Atlas?

RMC 79.0870, Sol 1642, LMST: 17:58:46

Originals:
Partial mosaic https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01642/ids/edr/browse/fcam/FRF_1642_0812714328_489ECM_N0790870FHAZ02008_06_095J01.png
SuperCam:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01642/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1642_0812728481_363EBY_N0790870SCAM07642_0020I9J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

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I think Perseverance may have spotted interstellar comet 3I/Atlas last night from Mars!

After stacking 20 images from Mastcam-Z, I found a faint smudge of light in the constellation Corona Borealis close to the location where the comet was expected. 🔭

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

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This photo from the Perseverance rover captured in early March, may be my favorite Mars image from this year.

It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭

Full res: https://flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

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Last night, NASA's Perseverance rover attempted to photograph the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas from the surface of Mars.

A first look at the image sequence shows some stars in the constellation Hercules where 3I/Atlas is currently located.

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#Perseverence, apparently an early riser, came back to the same spot it was two weeks ago and is eyeing that same rock, once again.
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/115219113225258625

Cross eyed 3D

Processed, cropped MCZ_(RIGHT+LEFT), FL: 110mm
looking N (11°) from RMC 79.0732
Sol 1639, LMST: 05:13:28
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01639/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1639_0812414902_848EBY_N0790732ZCAM09722_1100LMJ01.png

Processed, cropped SUPERCAM_RMI
looking NNE (15°) from RMC 79.0732
Sol 1639, LMST: 04:48:06
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01639/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1639_0812413417_282EBY_N0790732SCAM01639_0010I6J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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A final 3D look at the last abrasion.

#Perseverance has since moved back to where it was on Sol 1622, RMC 79.0328. The new RMC is 79.0732.

Maybe some of those veined rocks there were worth revisiting?
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/115204823557550881

Or, was it those "poppy seeds"?
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/115221801384272326

Processed MCZ_(RIGHT+LEFT), FL: 110mm
looking NNE (27°) from RMC 79.0596
Sol 1635, LMST: 11:31:21

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01635/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1635_0812083109_020EBY_N0790596ZCAM09720_1100LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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The latest abrasion, here captured by MastcamZ.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (25°) from RMC 79.0596
Sol 1632, LMST: 12:15:12

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01632/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1632_0811819534_535EBY_N0790596ZCAM04241_1100LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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