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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 09:50:15 JST AkaSci 🛰️

   Astronaut Matthew Dominick posted this stunning pic of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), taken from the International Space Station, with an aurora lighting up the horizon during orbital sunrise.

   Matthew Dominick launched to the ISS on March 3, 2024 as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. He has been posting amazing pics from the ISS during his stay there.

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     Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) reached and survived perihelion on Thursday, Sept 27. Here is another pic taken this morning by Astronomer Yuri Beletsky from his excellent vantage point at 2,282 m altitude near the Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) in the Atacama desert in Chile.
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     • Gideon van Buitenen

     According to the website http://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2023A3 run by @giddgvb, the brightness of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has reached magnitude 1.8. There are reports of it being visible to the naked eye under good viewing conditions.

     Note that the comet will get closer to the Sun as seen from earth over the following days, making observations difficult, until it emerges in the evening sky around October 10.
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     • Víctor R. Ruiz

     Here is another outstanding image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) taken yesterday from the Canary Islands by professional photographer Marina Prol.

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     • Gideon van Buitenen

     The telescopic image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) we have been waiting for!

     Taken by Gerald Rhemann, Michael Jäger and Denis Möller in Namibia.

     Besides the thick dusty tail, the comet is sporting a wispy blue ion tail.
     
     Date: 30 09 2024 UT 03h28m
     Location: Farm Tivoli, Namibia
     Telescope: ASA Astrograph 12" f 3.6
     Camera: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro
     Mount: ASA DDM 85

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     Here is the wide-angle shot of the comet, taken from the same location as the above telescopic pic, by Gerald Rhemann, Michael Jäger and Denis Möller from Namibia.

     Beautiful!
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