#c/2023 a3 tsuchinshan-atlas

[cryptidanathema]

My dear Facebook addicted father told me that the comet was three times the size of Earth. I fact checked that because it didn't sound right and it's more just 3 kilometers (a more comet size for a comet).

But now I'm extremely curious- what WOULD happen if a ball of ice and rock three times the size of Earth on a highly erratic orbit passed into our general vicinity as visible comets do? Whether distant enough to appear the same size as the comet head in our sky or literally occupying the exact same point in space the comet at its brightest was (which I can only assume would be Very Bad for Earth)

[alascene]

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas in the sunset of western Washington last night. Stoked to have finally had the opportunity to observe it!

[swanchow]

Trying to get a picture of C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

All I got was Comet Sans

[unfitfordisplay]

FINALLY managed to catch comet A3!! these aren't great shots but you can make it out if you enlarge the pix~

[pamhr]

:. Cometa Desde Pie de la cuesta.

Así se mostró en Acapulco El cometa C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, apodado el "cometa del siglo" .:

📸: https://www.facebook.com/anemnairb

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

"Rare comet to streak across night sky. Here’s how you can see it"

"The comet will initially appear low on the western horizon in the glow of twilight about 45 minutes after sunset each day starting Saturday, Oct. 12, through the end of the month, Cooke said.

The comet can be seen without special equipment but the best view will be through a pair of binoculars." @NPR

"The snowy dirtball is nearly 2 miles in diameter and its tail of dust and gasses extends for tens of millions of miles, Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, told NPR."

[kestarren]

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, 30 Sept '24. Photo by Michael Jäger, Gerald Rhemann, and Dennis Möller at Farm Tivoli, Namibia. "The solar wind gave the comet a special appearance this morning. The ion tail is particularly spectacular."

[spacewonder19]

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS © astrofalls

[without-ado]

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (x x x x x x)

[inefekt]

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) - Pinjarra, Western Australia

Nikon d810a - 85mm - ISO 2000 - f/1.6 Foreground: 5 x 1/10th second - Sky: 30 x 1 second (stacked)

[goodmorningglow]

Comet c/2023 a3 on October 13, 2024.

[quiltofstars]

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) hanging over Bieszczady, Poland on October 16, 2024 // Dominik Sito

[the-maddest-robot]

I was able to see and take pictures of the comet C2023/A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) ! This comet will be visible in the night sky probably for the next week or two, it's currently visible both with a pair of binoculars and with the naked eye. Since it's visible very early after sunset, it's a bit difficult to spot for now, but in the coming days it's will gradually be visible later in the night and thus easier to observe.

This comet is one of the brightest in the last few years so it should be quite easy to observe.

I hope you all get a chance to see it, it's magnificent

[m197432k]

10/19土曜日に撮影

紫金山・アトラス彗星

初めて彗星を見ました

1001

[fallsflowersandmoss]

Tsuchinshan comet

[dbtucson-blog]

View from the Nikon D850 - Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan Atlas (to the upper right of the taller saguaro.