Darilaut – The amazing comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which will only be seen again in the next 80 thousand years (unless it disappears when it approaches the Sun) is starting to move away from the Earth.
Comet is cataloged as C/2023 A3 today, Wednesday October 16, 74.5 million from Earth, based on the interactive star map application Theskylive.com. Before that, October 12 was at a distance of 70 million km or about 44 million miles from Earth.
The further away from Earth, the higher the comet will be visible in a view of the clear western sky.
However, approaching October 17 and when the Full Moon, the Moon at perigee, reaches its closest distance to the Earth, which is 357,175 km, the bright sky will decorate the Earth. This affects the brightness of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
A comet does not rise high in the sky. On October 15, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was 16° west one hour after sunset.
On the 18th it will be easier to see at 25° above the horizon.
according to Astronomy.com, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will move into the constellation Ophiuchus on October 19, and from this date the Moon will no longer block its appearance.
An hour after sunset, the comet will be as high as 28° west and will be very close to the star Marfik (Lambda [λ] Ophiuchi) with a magnitude of 3.8.
2024-10-15 23:03:00
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