Comets

Tsuchinshan–ATLAS / C/2023 A3
Tsuchinshan–ATLAS 

 

 

 My only photo of the C/2023 A3 comet - Full resolution picture available on Telescopius Details : - Date : 13/Oct/2023 - Exposures : 1x2.5s exposure - ISO : 1600 Equipment : - Camera : Canon 6D - Lens : Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD - Mount : Photography Tripod 

 Description 

 Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, also known as the Great Comet of 2024 and formally designated as C/2023 A3, is a comet from the Oort cloud discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on 9 January 2023 and independently found by ATLAS South Africa on 22 February 2023. The comet passed perihelion at a distance of 0.39 AU (58 million km; 36 million mi) on 27 September 2024, when it became visible to the naked eye.[7] Tsuchinshan–ATLAS peaked its brightest magnitude on 9 October, shortly after passing the Sun, with a magnitude of −4.9 per reported observations at the Comet Observation Database (COBS).[7] 

 Find more information about the Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS on Wikipedia 

 

 Personal Stats 

 First observation 

 📆 13/08/2023 📍 Torrão, Portugal 

 Imaging sessions 

  Date Bortle Class Total Exposure Time 13/8/2023  Class 3  2.5s 

 

 Captured media 

 Photographs 

 

 My only photo of the C/2023 A3 comet - Full resolution picture available on Telescopius Details : - Date : 13/Oct/2023 - Exposures : 1x2.5s exposure - ISO : 1600 Equipment : - Camera : Canon 6D - Lens : Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD - Mount : Photography Tripod