Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Climbs, Brightens and Delights!
Oct 15, 2024 · The combination dust-and-anti-tail extends for at least 50°! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is steeped in dusk on October 11th, the night of its return to northern evening skies. The image reveals a compact nuclear region and faint 3° tail pointing east. Image details: 600-mm lens, f/6.3, ISO 3200, and a 0.4-second time exposure.
See the 'comet of the century' light up the night sky in …
Oct 22, 2024 · Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is now visible only in binoculars for most locations for the rest of the month and into early November, although it may be visible with a telescope for some time...
Comet A3 is the brightest comet in 27 years! Don’t miss it
Oct 18, 2024 · Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) – aka Comet A3 – is in the evening sky! And it’s the brightest comet in 27 years, the brightest since Hale-Bopp in 1997. Look to the upper right of the ...
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) - Wikipedia
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) (or Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS or simply Comet A3) is a comet from the Oort cloud discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on 9 January 2023 and independently found by ATLAS South Africa on 22 February 2023.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is still visible in the night sky, but not …
Oct 17, 2024 · The coma and long tail of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also called C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), is currently shining at magnitude +0.5. That's well within the grasp of the human eye.
Ancient Oort Cloud Comet to Make First Documented Pass By …
Oct 2, 2024 · The Oort Cloud comet, called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, was discovered in 2023, approaching the inner solar system on its highly elliptical orbit for the first time in documented human history.
Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
Aug 14, 2024 · Grilled by the Sun's heat and flexed by its gravity the comet could still potentially suffer a breakup. Based on current observations, the comet is expected to peak around magnitude 2 or 3 when it returns at dawn in late September and again after it transitions into the evening sky in mid-October.
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will soon fly by Earth | CNN
Oct 9, 2024 · A recently discovered comet, named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, makes its closest approach of Earth on Saturday. The comet’s next appearance may be in 80,000 years.
The dazzling Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is emerging in the night …
Oct 8, 2024 · Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may dazzle this weekend. But is the best yet to come? Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS wows skywatchers around the world and astronauts in space (photos, video)
How to See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as It Passes Near Earth
Oct 8, 2024 · Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, or C/2023, seen over Uruguay on Sept. 28. ... Two black holes are in the news: One is a serial killer, on the verge of devouring its second star in five years, ...