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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

A Comet Rising After Sunset

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 10/13/2024

NAKED-EYE COMET AT SUNSET: When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west. You might see a comet. “I was driving across Utah and spotted Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS through the windshield shortly after sunset on Oct. 12th,” reports Brad Goldpaint. “I quickly pulled over at a rest stopand took this photograph.”

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SPACEWEATHER: Solar Eclipse and Comet at Easter Island 10/02/2024

Comet 2023 A3 and Moai, Taken by Eliot Herman on October 2, 2024 @ Easter Island

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 10/03/2024

A COMET OVER EASTER ISLAND: Retired biologist Eliot Herman is in the South Pacific today, hoping to see a solar eclipse. The day began, instead, with a comet. “I am at Easter Island where we saw amazing Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) with the Moai (monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people of eastern Polynesia) in the foreground.”

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SPACEWEATHER: M7.6-Class Flare from Sunspot AR3842

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 10/01/2024

STRONG SOLAR FLARE: The quiet has ended. Earlier today, sunspot AR3842 produced an M7.6-class solar flare and a shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. AR3842 has a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for even stronger X-class flares. 

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SPACEWEATHER: Morning Comet, Cracks in Earth’s Magnetosphere, 2024 PT5 Near Earth Object, NEO (“Mini Moon”)

Comet tschichinshan atlas, Taken by Alireza Vafa on September 24, 2024 @ Iran

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 09/25/2024

BRIGHT MORNING COMET: Set your alarm for dawn. There’s a bright comet in the morning sky. “The celestial wonder C/2023 A3 (Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is gracing the sunrise of the Northern Hemisphere!” says Alireza Vafa, who sends this picture from the Alborz Mountains of Iran:

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