Rare comet to streak across night sky. Here’s how you can see it
Oct 10, 2024 · It was first discovered in 2023 by observers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and an Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in South Africa. From the Oort...
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet and the Caloosahatchee River
3 days ago · The comet was first discovered in 2023 by observers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and an Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in South Africa. The comet can be seen about 45 minutes after sunset each day …
Comet A3 is the brightest comet in 27 years! Don’t miss it - EarthSky
2 days ago · Additionally, observers at Purple Mountain (Zijin Shin or Tsuchinshan) Observatory in China found the comet independently on images from January 9, 2023. Therefore, the comet also has the...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS nears the sun this month. Will it be …
Sep 17, 2024 · When the Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan) near Nanjing, China photographed a faint object in mid-January 2023, it was initially thought to be an asteroid. Six weeks later on Feb. 23,...
Once in a lifetime comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS visible this week
3 days ago · China’s Tsuchinshan (or “Purple Mountain”) Observatory and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa documented it for the first time in history as it...
Two Comets Could Be Visible to the Naked Eye This Fall. Here's …
Oct 2, 2024 · The first of the two comets, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was faintly spotted in early 2023 by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China—before it disappeared and was presumed lost, per...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS wows skywatchers around the world …
Oct 1, 2024 · Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was initially discovered on Jan. 9, 2023, at the Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan) in China, and was first thought to be an asteroid. However, on Feb. 22,...
Will Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Be the Brightest of the Year?
Sep 27, 2024 · Astronomers discovered it in January 2023 as an asteroidlike dot in images of the sky taken at the Purple Mountain Observatory in China. It was very faint and in subsequent weeks wasn’t seen...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may dazzle this weekend. But is the …
Sep 27, 2024 · This remote, object, discovered on Jan. 9, 2023, at the Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan) in China, was originally believed to be an asteroid before it was found to actually be a...
Newly-Discovered Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: Will It Dazzle or …
Sep 25, 2024 · In early January 2023, astronomers monitoring the heavens at the Tsuchinshan (“Purple Mountain”) Observatory in Nanjing, China, discovered a very faint object.