Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on ...

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As they approach the inner solar system in their orbit, they release gas and dust, giving rise to the typical dust and ion tails which comets are well known for. On occasions, as they approach the ...

Whatever is currently happening with comet C/2024 S1 ATLAS is remarkable. On October 19 at 3:00 UT it was 7m5 bright, showed a 230” coma and an 1° ion tail at pa 258. Image taken with 12"/3.6 ...

IT IS A STAPLE OF TAHOE. HEY, DID YOU NOTICE SOMETHING STRANGE IN THE SKY LAST NIGHT? CHECK THIS OUT. MANY PEOPLE REPORTED SEEING A FLASH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IT WAS ACTUALLY A COMET ABOUT ...

gently curving path behind the comet. The other tail is bluish and is made up of electrically charged gas molecules, or ions. The ion tail always points directly away from the sun.

The comet is expected to develop both a broad, yellowish-white tail, and a thinner, dimmer and bluish "ion tail," according to Space.com. Since Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is expected to be so bright ...

A second tail, called the ion tail, may be faintly observed. Some have dubbed the spectacle the “Comet of the Century” due to its reoccurrence time frame. Gazers can look west between Venus ...