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Peak viewing will occur between October 12-26. The comet will become the largest visible object in our solar system (after the moon, obviously).
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is expected to come within approximately 44 million miles of Earth on Saturday.
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 – meaning without a telescope or other equipment – on Wednesday ...
The comet became bright enough to photograph in broad daylight, [16] [17] and was reported to be visible with naked eye. [18] After perihelion the comet headed southwards, while in mid northern latitudes was low, being 2 degrees above the horizon at the end of the civil twilight. [8] C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from Cerro Paranal on 19 January 2025.
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.
No observations of the comet with naked eye in daylight were reported, indicating a peak visual magnitude of −2 to −3, while observations of the comet on 9 October with binoculars indicated an apparent magniude of −3. [24] The comet was recovered in the evening sky on 10 October [17] and the next days became visible with the naked eye.