PUNCH @punch-mission.bsky.social found out we are good at comet tracking, even as we calibrate/refine our solar wind imaging pipeline. In the last 3 months, we've tracked 3 notable comets with images every 4 min, around the clock: SWAN, Atlas, and Lemmon. PUNCH data are free to get and use. ☀️🛰️🧪🔭

Excited for this! The comet may cross the heliospheric current sheet, which can affect the tail of a comet, so will be interesting to see if we see any evidence of this.😍☄️

Thought I would go say hi to the thing that is currently providing me with content for my PhD thesis ☀️😍

One of my favourite stories I’ve written this year. A third known interstellar object is flying through our solar system right now. What are the 7 biggest questions we want to answer about it? Story by me in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

LOOK AT THE FUZZY LITTLE COMET

A GIF of my images of the eclipse this weekend, using the SeeStar telescope! ☀️🌕 😍(The most spectacular thing about it being that there were no clouds in Reading throughout!!)

Check out my recent paper, just published in ApJ! ☄️

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) spotted in full glory by #SolarOrbiter. The #comet was observed with the SoloHI instrument from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. The encounter happened on 14-25 January, while Solar Orbiter was heading toward #Venus and the comet coincidentally swung by the #Sun. 🔭 🧪