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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is expected to come within approximately 44 million miles of Earth on Saturday.
Look up! A bright comet is expected to light up the sky this week. Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, also known as C/2023 A3, is making its way towards Earth and is expected to be visible to the naked eye ...
It will lose some brightness each night though, slowly fading and getting harder and harder to see with the naked eye. Forecast for watching the comet. Naturally, we will need the weather to ...
The comet was spotted with the naked eye by Piotr Guzik on 8 September at an estimated magnitude of 4.7. [10] The comet tail was up to 7.5 degrees long when imaged with CCD . [ 10 ] On 12 September 2023 the comet passed 0.84 AU (126 million km ; 78 million mi ; 330 LD ) from Earth but was only 15 degrees from the glare of the Sun. [ 11 ]
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.
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 was spotted with the naked eye and photographed by astronaut Matthew Dominick on board the ISS on 20 September, followed by fellow astronaut Donald Pettit two days later. [21] The first naked eye observation of the comet from Earth was reported on 23 September, with the comet having an estimated magnitude of 3.3, while its tail was ...
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet is visible with the naked eye from certain locations