Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Climbs, Brightens and Delights!
6 days ago · Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) was a beautiful naked-eye and binocular sight at dusk on October 13th from near McGregor, Minnesota, about 90 minutes after sundown. The tail extended 7° in binoculars and 5° with the naked eye — even in bright moonlight!
Watch Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS light up the night sky in free …
4 days ago · Astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project will be livestreaming telescope observations Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS beginning at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday (Oct. 21). Watch it live ...
Comet A3 is the brightest comet in 27 years! Don’t miss it
4 days ago · 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 bright...
Get Ready for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — The Best Is Yet to …
Oct 11, 2024 · On the night of Oct. 15th, it will pass just 1.1° south of the glorious 6th-magnitude globular cluster M5 — a not-to-miss opportunity for photographers. Besides a prominent dust tail, the comet will also exhibit a fainter ion (gas) tail, best viewed in binoculars and telescopes.
Rare comet to streak across night sky. Here’s how you can see it
Oct 10, 2024 · Your unusual chance to see a comet in the sky is here. C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered by astronomers in 2023 — and will appear to the naked eye over the next couple weeks.
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? — Will Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS be visible to the naked eye as it nears the sun?
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.
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.
APOD: 2024 October 19 - Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS Flys Away
2024 October 19. Explanation: These six panels follow daily apparitions of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as it moved away from our fair planet during the past week. The images were taken with the same camera and lens at the indicated dates and locations from California, planet Earth. At far right on October 12 the visitor from the distant ...
How to See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as It Passes Near Earth
Oct 8, 2024 · Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, like all comets, is a frozen chunk of leftover material from the birth of the solar system. The comet begins to melt as it nears the sun, causing the ball of ice to sprout a ...