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]

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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