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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) graces the morning sky over the US National Science Foundation … (+) Kitt Peak National Observatory, an NSF NOIRLab program, just outside Tucson, Arizona, in this image. KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Spark Where is comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS this evening, Wednesday, October 16? The icy visitor from the outer solar system, which orbits the Sun once […]

By John Fenwick

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this time-lapse photo of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). … (+) from the International Space Station as it orbited 272 miles over the South Pacific southeast of New Zealand just before sunrise on September 28, 2024. At this point, the comet was about 44 million miles from Earth. NASA/Matthew Dominick If […]

By John Fenwick

October 15, 2024October 15, 2024

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, seen on September 29, 2024 from Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia. getty When can I see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS? In scenes not seen since the “Covid comet” – comet NEOWISE in July 2020 – an icy space rock is visible to the naked eye in Earth's sky. This is the best night to […]

By John Fenwick

October 14, 2024October 14, 2024