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Comet C/2023 A3 making closest pass to Earth On Wednesday, the comet made its closest approach to our sun and on Saturday, October 12 at 11:39 a.m. it will be just 43,911,824 miles from Earth (its ...
Discovered last year, the comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible in the California sky on Saturday night for the first time in 80,000 years.
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 ...
Here's how to see 'Comet C/2023 A3' during the month of October. ... The best time to see the comet will be as it makes its closest approach to Earth on Oct. 12. Oct. 13-14: ...
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. [11]
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or Comet A3, is a dusty ball of ice from the Oort Cloud that takes about 80,000 years to orbit the sun. That means some of the last people to see it were Neanderthals .
A rare comet is expected to be visible ... This image provided by Patrick Ditz shows two views of comet C/2023 A3 with bars added to indicate its angular size, seen from San Pedro de Atacama ...
Comet C/2023 A3 in Madrid on Sept. 28, 2024. ... Argentina and Peru could have the best view. NASA confirmed that the comet won’t return for another 800 centuries after its October appearance.