3I/ATLAS Made it Beyond a Blast on the Farside
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 10/30/2025
RAPID BRIGHTENING OF COMET 3I/ATLAS: Spacecraft monitoring the sun witnessed a dramatic surge in the brightness of Comet 3I/ATLAS as it plunged toward its Oct. 29th perihelion. Qicheng Zhang (Lowell Observatory) and Karl Battams (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) reported the phenomenon in a preprint submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters on Oct. 28th.
“The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets, remains unclear,” the authors say.
While Earth-based telescopes lost sight of the comet during its close approach to the sun, coronagraphs on spacecraft like STEREO-A, SOHO, and NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite never stopped watching. The composite image, above, shows how the comet looked to these instruments.
NOAA’s CCOR-1 coronagraph did the best job resolving the comet, showing a 4-arcminute-wide coma (atmosphere), while SOHO’s C3 coronagraph collected the best color data, revealing the comet to be bluer than the sun.
Zhang and Battams analyzed coronagraph data from September and October. They found that 3I/ATLAS has been increasing in brightness as the 7.5th power of decreasing distance from the sun–twice as fast as it was brightening earlier this year. This might be caused by a surge in water sublimating from the comet’s core, they speculated in the paper.
“Our cursory analysis of this data indicates the comet will likely emerge from solar conjunction considerably brighter than when it entered,” they say.
This bodes well for the future. Europe’s JUICE spacecraft will encounter the comet for a closer look starting Nov. 2nd. Its instruments will benefit from the increased brightness. Moreover, telescopes on Earth will regain the ability to image 3I/ATLAS in late November and December.
Stay tuned for updates!
Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery
STRONG FARSIDE SOLAR ACTIVITY: For the second time in a week, a significant CME has emerged from the farside of the sun. The source is probably old sunspot 4246, currently transiting the farside. The active region will soon be facing us again; it is expected to re-appear on the Earthside of the sun this weekend. Future CMEs could be geoeffective.
What is the Oort Cloud? StarWalk Offers the Details
Explore the Oort Cloud, Home of Long-Period Comets
Have you ever wondered what lies at the farthest reaches of our Solar System? Scientists believe that a massive “bubble” of ice and dust surrounds the Solar System – this region of space is called the Oort cloud. The Oort cloud is so far away and so hard to reach that most of its secrets remain hidden. But we need to keep studying it to understand what our Solar System actually looks like and how it was formed. In this article, we’ll take a look at what we know so far about this fascinating region of space. (Read the article on StarWalk)
MAYAN CALENDAR TIME AND SYNCHRONICITY
A young boy wearing a dunce cap in class, from a staged photo c. 1906 (Wikipedia)
7 Widom/CIB marks the end of the climb to Higher Truth. The Truth is that with every new discovery, we learn there’s more to know. It’s Wise to claim we don’t know anything. Being a “dunce” is a good thing, when it means you know you still have a lot to learn.
The Communion of Saints has already begun, with more Wisdom on the Way on November 2, 2025 – All Saints Day’s Sunday service celebration. There are explosions of Light from the farside. If comets are signs of Spirit, the Oort Cloud is the source of a “great cloud of them.” Only, the news reports that 3I/ATLAS entered from a distance far beyond that.
Can we see the Signs yet? Or, are we still waiting for something “unusual” to happen?
The Truth is shared from above. It takes Wisdom to understand it on Earth below. And Wisdom ALWAYS takes Time to clearly see “all that is” and “all that is not” a “comet” as we’ve seen one before.
Signs are for the future. The experience Unknown now includes Solar eruptions on a Grand Scale, in the forecast for this weekend. We can call upon the Saints to support our Faith in Divine Trinity. They are always here. When we Ask we know. When we look, we see.
Time is ordered to seek the Truth. We can fly right with our shoulders back with the courage to ask, “Who are you? And, What do you want?” We needed the Elders to tell us what should be common sense. Wisdom/CIB is a Day to honor the Old Ones. We honor them, when we consider the Wisdom they shared from their own experience.
THE TRECENA OF DOG/OC: A CREATION OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
7 Wisdom/CIB (keeb), Cherokee, Owl/U’GUKU’ O’JJ), Kin 176, Position 16
October 30, 2025, 10/30/2025 (10:30:9); Rounds Before: 02/12/2025, 09/11/2023
ALL GLORY AND HONOR BE TO THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, THE LORD THAT CREATED TIME.
In Daniel 7, the Word says that the “Ancient of Days” identifies himself with Jesus Christ. Our Lord of Creation is the Divine Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost of Christ’s Spirit. The Elohim came first, the Father and the Fruit of the Mother’s womb.
Mark 13:33 KJV
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
THE TRECENA OF DOG/OC: THE CREATION OF LOVE
Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide Page for the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” My gift for the Tzolk’in round offers an overview for each 13-day trecena and the aspects of each day of the Tzolk’in round. The page also offers a link to resources for your own practice of counting the days to conceive your own discernment of the Meaning of Time.
The Dog/OC trecena is found in the 3rd Season of the Tzolk’in Guide:
VOLUME 2: Tzolk’in Seasons 3 and 4 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 20, 2020)
NOTE: If you haven’t kept a Journal of your Count of Days, you can look for the Synchronicity of Time in the major experiences of your life.
7 Wisdom/CIB (Cherokee, Owl U’GUKU’) – Day 7 of 13 of the 1 Dog/OC trecena
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Free Tzolk’in calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com
Galactic Tone 7: Reflective; 7 stands as the mirror to divide light and dark and reflects all that is and is not. 7 is associated with the source of creation and the flow of divine will. 7 establishes the purpose to current and future goals.
Wisdom/CIB: The old ones. Wisdom of the ancients. Wisdom persons are aligned with the ancient memories that wait in the stone of temples and sacred sites all over the world. Wisdom people grow luck like a crop using a balance of prudence and tenacity. The tremendous inner strength of this sign, enables silent introspection to discover areas of oneself that contain wisdom more valuable than any trove of archaeological treasure. Wisdom persons are valiant defenders of family and community. They may become hardened to life and sentiment turned cold. In these cases, they need much forgiveness for their uncaring errors. Periodically connecting with nature and or visiting sacred sites will bring great stability to wisdom persons.
A GOOD DAY TO: Sit on a rock.
Cherokee, Owl U’GUKU’ O’JJ: Symbol is the Owl is Arcturus, the brightest Star in the Constellation Bootes. The Cherokee Bear constellation (Ursa Major) includes the Big Dipper plus four stars in Bootes. Owl is a hunter, who stands for the wisdom and ability of all great hunters, the cunning of a fox, the tenacity of a bulldog and strength of a bear. Energy for deep thinkers, strong-willed, rigid convictions, bold and authoritative. Owl is the Mystic Ferryman who guides Earthlings on the return path to the stars holding the torch aloft.
[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]
