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   Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 20:38:12 JST Mark McCaughrean

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   • Rob Turpin

   @thisnorthernboy Completely ridiculous – I searched the picture for possible signs of the actual comet seen against the daylight, but nope – seems to be just that contrail. Worth flagging to the Guardian.

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     Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 20:38:12 JST Mark McCaughrean

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     • Rob Turpin

     @thisnorthernboy FWIW, I’ve written to them asking for the picture to be removed / replaced.

     I wish we had clearer skies here – not sure if I’ll have a chance to see it this evening.

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 20:38:12 JST morph

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     @markmccaughrean Doesn't matter. Obviously you can observe it during daylight. The comet just appears a bit darker then.

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     Rob Turpin (thisnorthernboy@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 20:38:14 JST Rob Turpin

     This is labelled as a photograph of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS on The Guardian, and elsewhere on the web. But that's just a plane vapour trail right?

     Credited to Martial Trezzini, who isn't an astrophotographer.

     https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/11/comet-a3-last-seen-in-neanderthal-times-could-be-sighted-from-uk-this-weekend

     cc @markmccaughrean