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Scientists say comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible once every 80,000 years, and people across North America were treated to stunning views. Striking photos show stunning, once-in-a ...
The comet should be visible but will gradually sink in the western sky until it sets at 8:27 pm. Between October 14th and October 22nd, A3 will become visible a little higher in the sky and set a ...
Look up into the sky this month and you might see a rare comet that won’t return for tens of thousands of years. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3 to scientists and pronounced ...
The Oort Cloud comet called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will make its first close pass by Earth in mid-October and won’t be back for another 80,000 years Image credits: Gerald Rhemann Image ...
Comet A3, or Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is still visible in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend. The comet takes 80,000 years to orbit the sun, so Neanderthals were among the last people to see it.
A time-lapse of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) captured on 10 May 2024 By January 2024, the comet had brightened to an apparent magnitude of 13.6 and according to Bob King, author in Sky & Telescope magazine, was visible through 15-inch telescopes at ×142 magnification. [ 10 ]
English: Tonight C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS made a brief but memorable appearance after sunset and before the full moon overpowered it, making it just barely naked eye visible. This is a composite image.
Comet Tsuchinshan may refer to any comets below discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory: 60P/Tsuchinshan 2; 62P/Tsuchinshan 1; C/1977 V1 (Tsuchinshan) C/2017 E2 (Tsuchinshan) C/2021 S4 (Tsuchinshan) C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), also known as the Great Comet of 2024; C/2025 A3 (Tsuchinshan)