The comet will appear to be a faint star-like blob with a hazy tail.
Comet C/2023 A3, often known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is returning to Earth. Our ancestors final witnessed this unusual sight about 80,000 years in the past. This comet, which resembles a fuzzy star with a tail, may be seen within the early morning hours of the sky from Friday by Monday. Even a lovely video of it was taken by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, who’s presently stationed on the International Space Station.
“So far, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS seems to be like a fuzzy star to the bare eye searching the cupola home windows. But with a 200mm f/2 lens at 1/8s publicity, you’ll be able to actually begin to see it. This comet goes to make for some actually cool pictures because it will get nearer to the solar. For now a timelapse preview,” Dominick captioned the video in his X publish.
So far Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS seems to be like a fuzzy star to the bare eye searching the cupola home windows. But with a 200mm, f2 lens at 1/8s publicity you’ll be able to actually begin to see it. This comet goes to make for some actually cool pictures because it will get nearer to the solar. For now a… pic.twitter.com/JstaSLJ4Ui
— Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) September 19, 2024
Stuart Atkinson, an area fanatic and novice astronomer based mostly in Cumbria, stated the comet will appear to be ‘a fuzzy star with a misty tail’.
Cumbria-based house fanatic and novice astronomer Stuart Atkinson stated in a social media publish that “the comet will appear to be a fuzzy star with a misty tail, beneath the Moon, very low within the east. You would possibly want binoculars to see it.”
You can use the Moon to search out Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS within the sky earlier than dawn later this week. The comet will appear to be a fuzzy star with a misty tail, beneath the Moon, v low within the east. You would possibly want binoculars to see it. (Charts drawn for UK however seen elsewhere too) pic.twitter.com/hUISrEqEoT
— Stuart Atkinson (@mars_stu) September 23, 2024
According to BBC Sky at Night Magazine, “Initial information appears to recommend that Comet C/2023 A3 completes an orbit each 80,000 years. By the top of September 2024, will probably be a morning object, maybe shining as brightly as magazine. +0.6 however rising simply earlier than the solar. Comet C/2023 A3 will attain perihelion-the closest level to the Sun in its orbit-on 28 September 2024. Our finest views of A3 will come when it strikes up into the night sky round 10 October. By then it’s going to have pale barely however is predicted to nonetheless be as vivid as magazine. +0.8, low within the west after sundown.”