Incredible Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Taken by John Chumack on October 26, 2024 @
Yellow Springs, Ohio
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Date Taken: 2024:10:27 18:49:23
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Here is my best close-up image to date of the Comet C/2023 A3!!!
You definitely want to put this up full screen!
Captured while the comet was cruising through the Constellation Ophiuchus, this star rich Milky Way field made for a very nice backdrop to capture the comet under moonless/darker skies.
Taken with my 8" F2.2 RASA scope last Saturday night on 10/26/2024.
The comet is much higher in the sky, now clearing the trees in the West, so I can now capture it from my Observatories at JBSPO.
This image is showing the Comet's Green outer coma, wide white/red dust tail, with inner dust tail streamers, and yes the Anti-Tail is still there, although it is much fainter as the Comet moves further from the Sun.
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas was captured on 10-26-2024 I was imaging from about 7:30pm(background sky was still a bit too bright), but started my dark data run from 8:00pm until 9pm LT, by 9:15pm the comet started to drop below the tree line.
Capture details:
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas on 10-26-2024 RASA 8 inch F2.2 scope(~400mm), AM5 Mount, ZWO 294Mc cooled Cmos Camera
10 x 60 second exposures, No auto-guiding needed, 10 minutes total integration time.
Captured via ASI Air Plus to I-Pad/Flash drive.
Stacked Raw Fits and Calibration files in DSS using Comet Mode Processed in Pixinsight, Adobe Raw CC 2025.
Captured over 90 minutes of Data from my observatories at JBSPO in Yellow Springs, Ohio, but I only needed 10 minutes of the Data to show all the wonderful detail the comet had to offer.
Photographer's website:
https://www.galacticimages.com
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