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mistressofmuses ([personal profile] mistressofmuses) wrote2024-10-24 08:36 pm
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Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS

Last week, we finally had a clear day where we could go take a look and try to spot the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet.

It was dimmer that night than it had been on previous nights, but the previous few nights had been too cloudy. My eyesight isn't good enough to have really quite seen it with the naked eye - I could see that there was *something* there, but couldn't see the comet itself very clearly - but Alex's phone picked it up fairly well.


This was my favorite of the shots he got.

Definitely neat to see. :) I don't recall ever getting to see a comet that was this visible (I was born a couple years too late for Halley's comet's last visit, and the others I remember hearing about typically required a telescope.)
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[personal profile] scarlipswolfwife 2024-10-25 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Nice! I haven't even bothered to try and see it here. I think there's too much light, esp with all the Samsung bullshit they're building at one side of the town. Plus we've had so many clouds.
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[personal profile] spikedluv 2024-10-25 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Cool! I've never seen one.
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[personal profile] olivermoss 2024-10-27 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, cool. Glad you got to see that!