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PUNCH collects data with four spacecraft all day, every day. The data are publicly available (I'm not actually on the team), and can be found here. The Level 0 data come out right away and L1 are a week behind.
punch.space.swri.edu/punch_scienc...
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While 3I Atlas is getting to harder to see from Earth, heliospheric images in space are still tracking. Here is a movie from PUNCH tracking it yesterday (8-October).
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Comet 3I/Atlas is a fun challenge for PUNCH. We're very sensitive, though not a "telescope" (~2.5' resolution: basically naked-eye). At mag 12, the sky is *very* crowded. But we can see Atlas and SWAN in nearly-raw data. We're imaging at 4 minute cadence 24/7; FOV is 90° centered on the Sun. 🧪🔭🛰️☀️
A starfield from the PUNCH mission shows two comets:  SWAN and the interstellar comet Atlas.