Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Heads Towards Earth, Will Be Visible With Naked Eye
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A3 will make its closest approach to the Sun on October 10, 2024, and will be easily visible in northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, it will be visible just after sunset.
After solar storms and eclipse, the year 2024 is set to offer another spectacle for sky gazers. According to Forbes, people will be able to see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) with naked eyes in the month of October. It is currently travelling between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and is only observable if you use a large telescope, the outlet further said. It will be one of the rare events and experts are already calling A3 as the "comet of the year".
The comet is expected to become as bright as Venus in the night sky.
A3 comes from the Oort Cloud, a region in our solar system that's home to millions of comets, and has an orbit of 80,000 years.
