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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS 2024: How, where and when to see rare comet

Look to the night sky on Saturday for the best chance to see a comet that won't be back for another 80,000 years, according to NASA.The big picture: The comet, known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is expected to be closest to Earth on Oct.

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Hopes dim for another bright October comet after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

In the days following its sweep around the sun, Ikeya-Seki was a spectacular sight in the late October and early November morning skies. An incredibly brilliant, twisted tail stretched up from the east-southeast horizon an hour or two before sunrise, appearing like a slender searchlight beam about as long as the Big Dipper.

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How to See the Bright Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas This Weekend

To get the best view of the comet, go outside about an hour after sunset and look west. The comet should be visible from the northern and southern hemispheres. While you can see the comet with the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes will give you a better view of it.

Last Chance For 80,000 Years To See Comet As It Gets Closest To Earth

ATLAS, which should this weekend become a naked-eye object in the post-sunset sky from the northern hemisphere.

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Comet last seen 80,000 years ago to streak across the night sky

Those who live in the Northern Hemisphere can look at the night sky for a wonder that might have fascinated the Neanderthals ...

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Comet visible with naked eye in sky this weekend comes around only every 80,000 years

Comet C/2023 A3 Tschinshan-ATLAS will be at its closest point to Earth, 44 million miles, on Saturday, and should be visible to the naked eye in the western sky just after sunset. The comet will be ...

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A rare comet last visible from Earth 80,000 years ago makes a return visit

There’s a rare object in the skies over Colorado this week. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible just over the western ...

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS photobombs SOHO spacecraft during powerful solar flare (video)

This week, a thick, bright line entered from the right side of SOHO's imagery and paraded across the field of view, moving ...

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is rising higher in the evening sky. Here’s where to look

After putting on a show in the predawn sky earlier this month, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) was eventually lost in ...

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects

It is also theoretical. Astronomers infer the Oort Cloud is there because it’s the only logical explanation for the arrival ...

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Scientists discover bright 'sungrazer' comet that could be visible with the naked eye this month — after Tsuchinshan–ATLAS

Newfound comet C/2024 S1 will light up Earth's skies in late October before a super close slingshot around the sun.

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