I couldn't see it with the naked eye, but the night-shot setting on my smart phone did a decent job of capturing the tail. A short internet search will reveal many spectacular photographs by people with better technology than me. A helpful providing the details of the discovery and location of the comet can be found here.
I've had a spotty relationship with comets over the years. Comet Neowise showed up in 2020, but my photos were not great. The two greatest comets I ever saw appeared in 1996 and 1997, about five years before I got any kind of digital photography equipment. I have great memories of comets Hiyakutake (1996) and Hale-Bopp (1997). They were truly spectacular, and Hale-Bopp was especially bright in the sky when I was crossing the deep dark skies of the Basin and Range province in the middle of the night on a long trip.If you get a chance over the next few days, take a look west after sunset and see if you can't catch a glimpse of one of the fair treats of the cosmos.
Source: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/13/2276491/-Comet-C-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan-ATLAS-is-now-visible-after-sunset?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web |
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