Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) over Chile & Arizona

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) over Chile & Arizona

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) graces the dawn sky over the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab, just outside Tucson, Arizona in this image. It was captured in the morning hours before sunrise on September 28, 2024, by Rob Sparks from NOIRLab. In the foreground is the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope.

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) graces the sky over the U.S. National Science Foundation Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab in Chile and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab, just outside Tucson, Arizona.

Image Credit: H. Stockebrand / NOIRLab / KPNO / Rob Sparks / NSF / AURA

Image Dates: Sept. 28, 2024-Oct. 3, 2024

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