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C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) (previously had the temporary designation A11bP7I) was a sungrazing comet that was discovered by ATLAS-HKO in Hawaii on 27 September 2024. The comet passed its perihelion on 28 October 2024, at a distance of about 0.008 AU (1.2 million km; 0.74 million mi) from the barycenter of the Solar System, [1] and disintegrated.
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]
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a long-period, sungrazing comet, which will reach perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU from the Sun. It could become the brightest comet of 2025, [ 4 ] possibly exceeding apparent magnitude of −3.5.
Com et C/2023A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a once-in-a-lifetime comet, is still glowing over Ohio and across the United States.. This past weekend was "one of the better times to spot it" as "it's coming ...
The comet, now called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, (A3 for short) survived it’s close transit of the sun and will become easier to spot in the western sky by early next week. The comet is ...
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.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now approaching its closest pass to Earth.
The comet, called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, (A3 for short) survived its close transit of the sun and is visible in the western sky. According to WMBD Chief Meteorologist Chris Yates, the comet ...