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Inbound: Astronomers Discover Third Interstellar Object


A newly discovered object may give astronomers an opportunity to study an interstellar visitor like never before. The object (A11pl3Z) is currently at +18th magnitude, moving slowly along the border of the constellations Serpens Cauda and Sagittarius, right near the galactic plane. The object was captured on July 2nd by the Deep Random Survey remote telescope in Chile. Sam Deen soon backed this up with discovery images from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) from June 25-29.

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