1. Orbital diagram of the inner solar system and that of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). 2. Graph of comet brightness/magnitude over time.

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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 09:58:47 JST AkaSci 🛰️

   Now that we have everyone excited about the Mars occultation tomorrow, he is another exciting visitor from space putting on a show as we speak.

   Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is closing in on the Sun for perihelion on Jan 13, 10:17 UTC.

   Currently at mag -3.0, it will brighten to mag -3.6.

   But it is difficult to observe from the Northern hemisphere. It will be so even after perihelion, assuming it survives this grazing trip around the Sun.

   https://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2024G3
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2024_G3_(ATLAS)
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