09/30/2024 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. 30 Sept. 2024.

09/30/2024

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: a new image – 30 Sept. 2024.

Almost three days after its perihelion, we imaged comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS again, always under extreme conditions. We saw the comet in very good health and much brighter than six days earlier. The image...

Comet A11bP7I, imaged on 30 Sept. 2024 at dawn, with a possible second fragment visible.

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09/30/2024

Comet C/2024 S1 ATLAS (formerly A11bP7I), likely a new Kreutz sungrazing comet: a couple of images – 29 & 30 Sept. 2024.

On 27 Sept., 2024, a new comet having temporary designation A11bP7I (now officially designated as C/2024 S1 ATLAS), was discovered by the ATLAS survey from Hawaii and almost immediately it revealed to likely be...