Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

sygazelle · 10-13-2024, 09:48 PM

This is the first evening I've seen the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Here are a couple of photos from my iPhone. Sorry I no longer have 35mm gear with appropriate telephoto lenses.

Check it out in the Western sky for the next few nights. Please feel free to snap a photo and post it.

They say this comet hasn't been our way in 80,000 years and it's tail is as much as 18 million miles long! This is really just a local event, not like some of the epic universe images in the thread started by LJ, but I'm still fascinated.

GarySL · 10-13-2024, 10:17 PM

Brother-in-law got a decent image last night near San Diego

GarySL · 10-14-2024, 10:13 PM

from our yard tonight

SpeedBuggy · 10-16-2024, 07:59 PM

Cortland, Ohio~over a local lake near our home.

GarySL · 10-17-2024, 07:16 PM

Maybe getting fainter? Full Moon is a factor as well... Still cool, sharing it with neighbors last night.

KevinC · 10-18-2024, 03:48 AM

From our back yard...

sygazelle · 10-18-2024, 11:03 AM

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From our back yard...

Great photo. Thanks for sharing.

chassis · 10-18-2024, 05:57 PM

Looking for the comet now. Hazy clouds and trees near the horizon are not helping!

KevinC · 10-18-2024, 07:03 PM

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Looking for the comet now. Hazy clouds and trees near the horizon are not helping!

My pic above was shot on the 13th. I tried to spot it last night - clear skies - and could not at ALL. It's higher in the sky but also dimmer by now. Glad I caught it when I did.

chassis · 10-18-2024, 07:42 PM

Found it! Pretty faint, using binoculars. Too faint to photograph with a handheld iPhone. Higher above the horizon than I expected. 8:40pm local time. Cool stuff!

GarySL · 10-18-2024, 09:45 PM

Yes indeed faint, dueling with the rising Full Moon last night

sygazelle · 10-18-2024, 10:33 PM

Tonight the comet was hidden a bit by clouds and seemed a bit dimmer.

Here's a shot and a second photo which is a zoom of the first.

GarySL · 10-19-2024, 10:33 PM

Decent viewing tonight (clear skies, late rising waning Moon)

GarySL · 10-22-2024, 05:26 PM

Recent evenings, one from the Tehachapis, and the other from Humboldt

sygazelle · 10-22-2024, 08:18 PM

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Recent evenings, one from the Tehachapis, and the other from Humboldt

You've been traveling!

GarySL · 10-22-2024, 09:12 PM

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You've been traveling!

Like the comet! Not really, full disclosure, the brother-in-law sent the LA pic, Humboldt is home...

GarySL · 10-24-2024, 04:48 PM

Starting to fade, but still a thrill to see!

GarySL · 10-25-2024, 05:30 PM

Last night, out beyond a young redwood tree

GarySL · Yesterday, 10:18 PM

Read somewhere that the Atlas Comet had broke up approaching the Sun. Wrong

chassis · Today, 05:40 PM

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Read somewhere that the Atlas Comet had broke up approaching the Sun. Wrong

Time of day, height above horizon and compass direction?

GarySL · Today, 06:03 PM

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Time of day, height above horizon and compass direction?

One hour after sunset (dark, ~2000), it's been about three or four fists NW of Venus, essentially due west.

10-13-2024, 09:48 PM	#1
sygazelle Brigadier General 12964 Rep 3,438 Posts Drives: 2014 328i M-Sport, 2019 X5 40i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (0)	Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS This is the first evening I've seen the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Here are a couple of photos from my iPhone. Sorry I no longer have 35mm gear with appropriate telephoto lenses. Check it out in the Western sky for the next few nights. Please feel free to snap a photo and post it. They say this comet hasn't been our way in 80,000 years and it's tail is as much as 18 million miles long! This is really just a local event, not like some of the epic universe images in the thread started by LJ, but I'm still fascinated. Attached Images
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10-13-2024, 10:17 PM	#2
GarySL Lieutenant 2431 Rep 410 Posts Drives: 2006 Carrera 4S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Humboldt Co., CA iTrader: (0)	Brother-in-law got a decent image last night near San Diego Attached Images __________________ '08 335xi (E90), 6MT, Arctic/Black, ZPP, ZSP (18"s), ZCW, CA, PDC, i-Pod Ordered-March 7, 2008, Shipped via Graceful Leader-March 21, 2008, Arrived Port Hueneme-April 11, 2008, Delivered-April 21, 2008
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10-17-2024, 07:16 PM	#5
GarySL Lieutenant 2431 Rep 410 Posts Drives: 2006 Carrera 4S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Humboldt Co., CA iTrader: (0)	Maybe getting fainter? Full Moon is a factor as well... Still cool, sharing it with neighbors last night. Attached Images __________________ '08 335xi (E90), 6MT, Arctic/Black, ZPP, ZSP (18"s), ZCW, CA, PDC, i-Pod Ordered-March 7, 2008, Shipped via Graceful Leader-March 21, 2008, Arrived Port Hueneme-April 11, 2008, Delivered-April 21, 2008
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chassis Colonel 7880 Rep 2,484 Posts Drives: 9Y0 Cayenne S Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Einbahnstraße iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 Porsche Cayenne S [7.69]	Found it! Pretty faint, using binoculars. Too faint to photograph with a handheld iPhone. Higher above the horizon than I expected. 8:40pm local time. Cool stuff!
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10-18-2024, 09:45 PM	#11
GarySL Lieutenant 2431 Rep 410 Posts Drives: 2006 Carrera 4S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Humboldt Co., CA iTrader: (0)	Yes indeed faint, dueling with the rising Full Moon last night Attached Images __________________ '08 335xi (E90), 6MT, Arctic/Black, ZPP, ZSP (18"s), ZCW, CA, PDC, i-Pod Ordered-March 7, 2008, Shipped via Graceful Leader-March 21, 2008, Arrived Port Hueneme-April 11, 2008, Delivered-April 21, 2008
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10-18-2024, 10:33 PM	#12
sygazelle Brigadier General 12964 Rep 3,438 Posts Drives: 2014 328i M-Sport, 2019 X5 40i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (0)	Tonight the comet was hidden a bit by clouds and seemed a bit dimmer. Here's a shot and a second photo which is a zoom of the first. Attached Images Last edited by sygazelle; 10-19-2024 at 10:23 AM..
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10-19-2024, 10:33 PM	#13
GarySL Lieutenant 2431 Rep 410 Posts Drives: 2006 Carrera 4S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Humboldt Co., CA iTrader: (0)	Decent viewing tonight (clear skies, late rising waning Moon) Attached Images __________________ '08 335xi (E90), 6MT, Arctic/Black, ZPP, ZSP (18"s), ZCW, CA, PDC, i-Pod Ordered-March 7, 2008, Shipped via Graceful Leader-March 21, 2008, Arrived Port Hueneme-April 11, 2008, Delivered-April 21, 2008
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10-22-2024, 05:26 PM	#14
GarySL Lieutenant 2431 Rep 410 Posts Drives: 2006 Carrera 4S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Humboldt Co., CA iTrader: (0)	Recent evenings, one from the Tehachapis, and the other from Humboldt Attached Images __________________ '08 335xi (E90), 6MT, Arctic/Black, ZPP, ZSP (18"s), ZCW, CA, PDC, i-Pod Ordered-March 7, 2008, Shipped via Graceful Leader-March 21, 2008, Arrived Port Hueneme-April 11, 2008, Delivered-April 21, 2008
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10-25-2024, 05:30 PM	#18
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