IFU Observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope with the VIRUS Instrument

Anita Cochran, Gregory Zeimann, Emmanuel Jehin +2

We observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) on 9 December 2025 UT with the VIRUS spectrograph on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. VIRUS is a low spectral resolving powe…