Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Taken by Fritz Helmut Hemmerich on September 26, 2024 @ Tenerife-Canary Islands-Spain
Comet Making its Closest Approach to the Sun
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 09/27/2024
COMET TSUCHINSHAN-ATLAS AT PERIHELION: As if it wasn’t bright enough already. Today, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) is making its closest approach to the sun (0.40 AU). A surge of solar heat is making the comet visible in dawn twilight. Fritz Helmut Hemmerich sends this picture from Tenerife, the Canary Islands:
