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Credit & Copyright: Frederico Danin
Explanation:
What's that in the sky?
Above the city, above most clouds, far in the distance: it's a comet.
Pictured,
the impressive tail of Comet
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)
was imaged from
Brasölia,
Brazil four days ago.
Last week the evolving
comet rounded the Sun
well inside the orbit of planet Mercury,
going so close there was early concern that it might
break up -- and
recent evidence that it really did.
At one point near perihelion,
Comet ATLAS was so bright
that sightings were even reported
during the day -- over the bright sky near the
Sun -- by
careful observers.
Over the past few days,
Comet ATLAS
has developed a
long tail that has been partly
visible with unaided eyes after sunset,
most notably in
Earth's southern hemisphere.
Growing Gallery:
Comet ATLAS (G3)
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Publications with keywords: comet
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See also:
- APOD: 2025 January 26 Á The Many Tails of Comet G3 ATLAS
- Comet G3 ATLAS: a Tail and a Telescope
- APOD: 2025 January 20 Á Comet ATLAS Rounds the Sun
- APOD: 2025 January 13 Á Comet ATLAS Before Sunrise
- APOD: 2024 December 16 Á A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko
- APOD: 2024 November 27 Á The Meteor and the Comet
- APOD: 2024 November 11 Á The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan Atlas