Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS

This comet was discovered in January of 2023. It will reach perihelion in September 2024, only 0.39 AU from the Sun, when it may become a naked eye object. This Comet is inbound from the Oort cloud and is likely to be perturbed into a hyperbolic orbit as it passes through the inner Solar System. So this is its first and probably last visit.


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C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-10-01
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-09-30
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-09-29
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-09-28
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-09-25
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-07-05
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-06-16
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-05-30
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, 2024-05-17

2024-09-29 22 minutes (2-second frames taken every 5 seconds)