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Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach perihelion—the point of its orbit closest to the sun—on January 13. On the same day, we will also see it at its closest point to Earth, and it could become […]
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile Lionel Majzik A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as it passes by Earth over the next few days. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was spotted in April last […]
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) hovers just a few degrees high over the Zacatecas, Mexico during morning twilight on Jan. 6th. Its magnitude was about 1.5 at the time. Da Ko If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and want to see Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), get ready to put your back into it. Southern Hemisphere […]
Comet ATLAS exhibits a bright coma and short dust tail pointing southwest on December 15th. At the time it was magnitude 8.1 and 19° from the Sun. Nick James, BAA Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is on its way! Discovered April 5th by the automated Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it was magnitude 19 […]