Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2024 September 30
   [2]A picture shows clouds across the bottom and a dark night sky across
   the top. In the middle is a band of orange sky. City lights are visible
   on the right through gaps in the clouds. In the center of the upper sky
    is a comet with its tail pointing toward the upper right. Please see
               the explanation for more detailed information.

                     Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Mexico
                 Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Daniel Korona

   Explanation: The new comet has passed its closest to the Sun and is now
   moving closer to the Earth. [4]C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is
   currently moving out from inside the orbit of [5]Venus and on track to
   [6]pass its nearest to the [7]Earth in about two weeks. Comet
   Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, [8]pronounced "Choo-cheen-shahn At-less,", is near
   naked-eye visibility and easily picked up by long-exposure cameras. The
   comet can also now be found by observers in Earth's northern hemisphere
   as well as the south. The featured image was captured just a few days
   ago above [9]Zacatecas, [10]Mexico. Because clouds were obscuring much
   of the pre-dawn sky, the astrophotographer released a [11]drone to take
   pictures from higher up, several of which were later merged to enhance
   the comet's visibility. Although the future brightness of comets is
   [12]hard to predict, there is increasing hope that [13]Comet
   Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will further brighten as it enters the early evening
   sky.

             Growing Gallery: [14]Comet Tsuchinsan-ATLAS in 2024
                     Tomorrow's picture: black hole jet
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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2409/CometA3_Korona_2040.jpg
   3. mailto: dakoko_minera at live dot com dot ar
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
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   7. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
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