'Comet of the Year' Tsuchinshan-ATLAS brightens, skygazers anticipate spectacular October show

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'Comet of the Year' Tsuchinshan-ATLAS brightens, skygazers anticipate spectacular October show

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) is steadily brightening and developing a tail, according to reports. Following recent celestial events like the total solar eclipse and intense solar superstorms, this comet is predicted to become visible to the naked eye later this year.

It is situated in the constellation Virgo and is currently travelling between Mars and Jupiter.

Comet A3 is expected to significantly brighten in October and will potentially become as luminous as Venus in the night sky. This could make it the "comet of the year" or even the century. For interested skygazers, Comet A3 can only be observed with a large telescope.

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is a long-period comet discovered in early 2023. Its discovery was notable because it was independently observed by two separate astronomical surveys - the Tsuchinshan (Purple Mountain Observatory) in China and the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in South Africa. 


A long-period comet with an orbit of over 80,000 years, A3 originates from the Oort Cloud, a distant region of our solar system that is believed to be a vast, spherical shell of icy objects.

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Comet A3 is anticipated to become visible to the naked eye as it gets closer to the Sun on October 10, 2024. It may become one of the brightest comets in recent years, depending on its behavior as it approaches perihelion.


After this, it will be most visible from the northern hemisphere in the southwest just after sunset. Throughout October and November, it is hoped that the comet will be an eye-catching object in the southern sky. 

Brightness as that of Venus 

Venus is one of the brightest objects in the night sky, after moon. Its apparent magnitude, which measures its brightness as seen from Earth, can reach up to about magnitude -5 at its brightest. It appears brightest when it is in its crescent phase, which occurs shortly after sunset or before sunrise, known as the "evening star" and "morning star" phases, respectively.

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However, even at its brightest, the comet might be low on the horizon and obscured by haze in the northern hemisphere.

(With inputs from agencies)

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