Scientists discover new comet - C/2023 A3 – could be bright in 2024
Mar 13, 2023 10:17AM ● By Content Editor
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Comet, Small icy body that partially evaporates as it approaches the Sun; made up of a head with a solid core and tails composed of gas and dust. (Photo by: QAI Publishing/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Amateur astrophotographers in the Northern Hemisphere may start getting good images of the approaching comet by early June 2024, as the visitor glides by the constellation of Virgo. The comet gets lost in the glare of the sun by August 2024. Then it passes at perihelion – or closest to the sun – on September 28, 2024. Observers with an unobstructed view of the eastern horizon might get a view of the comet during perihelium, especially if the visitor develops an impressive tail.
To read the full story, visit the Earthsky.org site here.
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Kelly Kizer Whitt
and Eddie Irizarry
- EarthSky.org - March 13, 2023Amateur astrophotographers in the Northern Hemisphere may start getting good images of the approaching comet by early June 2024, as the visitor glides by the constellation of Virgo. The comet gets lost in the glare of the sun by August 2024. Then it passes at perihelion – or closest to the sun – on September 28, 2024. Observers with an unobstructed view of the eastern horizon might get a view of the comet during perihelium, especially if the visitor develops an impressive tail.
To read the full story, visit the Earthsky.org site here.
