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SPACEWEATHER: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS; Auroras and the Equinox

3I/ATLAS with blue-green coma, Taken by Michael Jaeger on September 7, 2025 @ Farm Tivoli, Namibia

Light in the Darkness

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 09/09/2025

INTERSTELLAR COMET IMAGED DURING LUNAR ECLIPSE: Would you believe, the best time to photograph an interstellar comet is during a total lunar eclipse? Amateur astronomers Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann decided to try it on Sept. 7th, when the full Moon passed through Earth’s shadow. With the help of that extra darkness, they teased out the subtle colors of 3I/ATLAS. It’s green.

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SPACEWEATHER: Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, Auroras, and Effects of the Autumn Equinox

Sep20

BBC Sky At Night: Autumn is on the way. Equinox occurs this weekend, marking the beginning of longer, darker nights

The Balance of Dark and Light

In 2024 the autumn equinox occurs on 22 September at 12:44pm (13:44 UTC), marking the day when we experience roughly the same amount of daytime and nighttime.
The equinox arrives at the same moment worldwide. The center of the Sun crosses the celestial equator, marking the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn equinox, and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 09/20/2024

AURORAS LOVE EQUINOXES: The northern autumnal equinox is only two days away. That’s good news for sky watchers because auroras love equinoxes.

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