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Oort Cloud Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), also known as the “Comet of the Century”, is visible from Venezuela during the first hours of the day.
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was located at a distance of at least 0.39 AU from the Sun on September 27, between the orbits of Venus and Mercury, at which time it reached magnitude 2.3 with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere,” noted meteorologist Luis Vargas on social networks.
“For our hemisphere, it is necessary to use telescopes or some other suitable observational instrument because of the low variability of twilight,” he said.
Likewise, Vargas said, “The naked eye can already see eastward from Venezuela at dawn this week. But that's only until the weekend with a dip on the horizon.
A day later, Vargas clarified that “this week we will see it move eastward from Venezuela between 5:15 and 5:45 a.m.”
The expert added, “If it can get close to the Sun (probably not) it will be visible from 11th to 21st of this month at sunset but towards the west with suitable instruments. During those days its diminution in brightness makes it difficult to observe with the naked eye.
Scientists estimate that the closest approach to Earth will be on October 12, 2024, at a distance of 0.47 AU.
The comet was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory on January 9, 2023.
