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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. ... or pull up a website such as Stellarium (free) on your phone ...
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 ...
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.
Here's what Hoosiers need to know before the comet slips out of our solar system. Going, going, almost gone. How to see Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas in Indiana before it disappears
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.
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.
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]
The comet was projected to come into view in mid-October, and already, FOX31 viewers across Colorado have spotted the rare sight. Some viewers in Loveland, Steamboat and South Park photographed ...