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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas): What to Expect This Autumn?

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Use the free Sky Tonight app to find out when and where to look for it from your spot.

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is expected to grow a beautiful cometary tail.

The last time an exceptionally bright comet was visible from the northern latitudes was in 1997 .

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will reach its peak brightness around October 12 , when it will pass at its closest distance to the Earth ( 0.48 AU) For the next 20 years the comet will be moving toward the edge of the Solar System and will not return for another 26,000 years .

On October 9-12 , due to the effect of forward scattering, the comet might brighten up to -3.0 magnitude!.

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is a long-period comet that completes one orbit around the Sun in 80,660 years .

It could reach magnitude -3 and become one of the brightest comets visible in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 100 years ! Use the Sky Tonight app to locate the comet in the sky.

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