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APOD: 2024 September 25 Á Comet A3 Through an Australian Sunrise
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Credit & Copyright: Lucy Yunxi Hu
Explanation:
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now visible in the early morning sky.
Diving into the inner
Solar System at an
odd angle, this large dirty iceberg will pass its closest to the
Sun -- between the orbits of
Mercury and
Venus -- in just two days.
Long camera exposures are now capturing
C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanÁATLAS),
sometimes abbreviated as just
A3, and its dust tail before and during sunrise.
The featured image composite was taken four days ago
and captured the comet as it rose above
Lake George,
NSW,
Australia.
Vertical bands further left are
images of the comet as the rising Sun made the predawn sky increasingly bright
and colorful.
Just how bright the comet will become over the next month is
currently unknown as it involves how much gas and dust the
comet's nucleus will expel.
Optimistic
skywatchers are
hoping
for a great show where TsuchinshanÁATLAS creates
dust and ion tails visible across
Earth's sky and becomes known as the
Great
Comet of 2024.
Survey:
Color Blindness and Astronomical Images
Growing Gallery:
Comet Tsuchinsan-ATLAS in 2024
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
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See also:
- APOD: 2025 February 5 Á Comet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill
- APOD: 2025 February 2 Á Comet G3 ATLAS Disintegrates
- APOD: 2025 January 28 Á Comet G3 ATLAS over Uruguay
- APOD: 2025 January 26 Á The Many Tails of Comet G3 ATLAS
- Comet G3 ATLAS: a Tail and a Telescope
- APOD: 2025 January 21 Á Comet ATLAS over Brasilia
- APOD: 2025 January 20 Á Comet ATLAS Rounds the Sun