https://www.seti.org/comet-c2023-a3-did-not-disappoint

Citizen Astronomers with the Unistellar & SETI Institute Network have been watching #CometA3 since mid-2023 to help astronomers track and predict its activity. Cometary Activity program lead Dr. Ariel Graykowski used their data to create models that suggested Comet A3 would shine as brightly as the North Star when it approached. But it did much more than that! At its most luminous, Comet A3 reached a magnitude of -5… 25 times brighter than the brightest star, Sirius!

IN THE SKY THIS WEEK - Comet A3 continues to shrink and fade as it recedes into the inky murk, Venus is in conjunction with orange Antares low in twilight on Friday, Halloween evening is moonless, but it offers three bright planets. Venus is very low and after dark, Saturn is the brightest little dot high toward the south-southeast. By about 10, Jupiter has climbed up to dominate the east. If you're very lucky you may catch some fireballs from the Taurids.

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-october-25-november-3/

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#PPOD: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes over NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in this Oct. 13, 2024, image. This comet comes from the Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto and the most distant edges of the Kuiper Belt. Though Comet C/2023 A3 will be visible through early November, the best time to observe is between now and Oct. 24. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon

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Sky is finally looking clear enough to go C/2023 A3 spotting tonight 🤞🏻

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Last night, I managed to finally have a view of Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). ☄️

There was too much city light to see it with the naked eye, but easy enough to take a photo of. I'm in Central London after so was quite happy to be able to still see it.

In fact, I caught it my first shot of the evening, without realising it!

I then later took some more close up shots, but I kindof like the first one best.

#CometA3 #Comet2023A3 #Photography #NightSky

Spot the comet

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Struggled some more with photographing the comet... can now be seen from my backyard... it's huge but also eerily faint and wispy

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IN THE SKY THIS UPCOMING WEEK: Comet A3 fades back into the abyss but before the Moon rises, you may still be able to catch dim naked eye glimpses of the dirty ice ball. Cameras, telescopes and binoculars will be best now. Stay up late for the Orionid meteor shower, but the bright Moon will quash all but the brightest. Standing nearly 30° high in the southeast an hour after sunset, Saturn is the brightest point of light in this region of the sky, Mars is brightening, and the Moon has a cuddle with bright Jupiter Monday morning.

https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-october-18-to-25-2024

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Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from my kitchen window in light-polluted Belfast.

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