When to look for comet G3 ATLAS - Space.com
6 days ago · Comet G3 ATLAS will be within range of the LASCO C3 imagery from Jan. 11 at 20:00 UT (3:00 p.m. EST) through Jan. 15 at 03:00 UT (10:00 p.m. EST on Jan. 14). It will appear to pass closest to the ...
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) - Wikipedia
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a non-periodic comet, which reached perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU (13 million km) from the Sun.It is potentially the brightest comet of 2025, [6] with an apparent magnitude reaching −3.8 on the day of its perihelion. [5] The comet is visible in the southern hemisphere before and after perihelion.It can only be observed in …
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) 2025 January 15 - Sky & Telescope
21 hours ago · For a comet that was supposed to be hard to observe in the Northern Hemisphere, C/2024 G3 has turned out to be quite a surprise as it moved from our morning dawn skies into our evening twilight skies. When the Sun set the comet was an easy object in a 50mm f/3.5 refractor and ASI178MC camera. 15 minutes after sunset one could easily see the ...
A bright 'sun-skirting' comet will grace southern skies this …
3 hours ago · A bright comet, low in the west after sunset. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) will begin to appear in the evening sky, low to the west-southwest. For observers in the Northern Hemisphere, it will remain ...
The Brightest Comet of 2025 Is Coming. Here’s How You Can See …
4 days ago · When comet C/2024 G3 reaches perihelion, it will come within just 13.5 million kilometers of the sun—for context, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, orbits the star at a distance of 47 ...
Brightest comet of 2025? - EarthSky
Comet Atlas C/2024 G3 reached perihelion – its closest point to the sun – yesterday, January 13. Thanks to imagery from the SOHO spacecraft’s LASCO C3 imager, we can see it in its traverse.
How to spot Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) | The Planetary Society
Dec 18, 2024 · Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) gets its name from how it was discovered. The "2024 G3" comes from it being the third comet discovered in early April, while the facility that first spotted it is called the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Since its initial discovery, amateur astronomers and scientists around the world have made ...
Comet G3 Atlas in January 2025: How to See C/2024 G3 (Atlas)
1 day ago · Comet C/2024 G3 reached its closest point to the Sun on January 13, 2025 and (surprisingly) survived perihelion. At that moment, it was four times closer to the Sun than Mercury (0.094 AU) and brightened up to magnitude -3.4 — much brighter than the best comet of 2024, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) (peak magnitude 0.4).
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS): Best Comet of 2025? - timeanddate.com
Jan 7, 2025 · Michael Mattiazzo took this photo of C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) in the pre-dawn sky over Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, on January 3, 2025. ©Michael Mattiazzo. A Morning Comet, Then an Evening Comet. Before January 13, C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) might be visible from the Southern Hemisphere close to the eastern horizon before sunrise.. Find …
Rare comet could shine bright as Venus as it falls toward the sun: …
Jan 8, 2025 · Comet C/2024 G3's orbit and location (illustrated by the white line and small dot) on Jan. 13, 2025, when the comet is near perihelion. (Image credit: NASA/JPL)
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