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SPACEWEATHER: Comet Atlas Buzzing the Sun

Jan13

Initial Signs that Comet Atlas Will Survive

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 01/13/2025, UPDATED

COMET ATLAS IS BUZZING THE SUN: Sungrazing Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is making its closest approach to the sun today. Coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) are recording the encounter. So far, the comet looks big, healthy and intact:

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SPACEWEATHER: Comet Atlas Meets the Sun, Lunar Occultation of Mars, and Wolf Full Moon, Jan 13, 2025

Jan13

Sign of the Comet – Will it Survive?

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 01/13/2025

A COMET IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: You don’t see this very often. “Here is the comet at 11am in the morning only 5 degrees from the sun,” says Chris Schur, who sends this picture from Payson, Arizona:

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