The Long Tails Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.

A bright comet is moving into the evening skies. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has brightened and even though it is now easily visible to the unaided eye, it is so near to the Sun that it is still difficult to see. Pictured , Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was captured just before sunrise from an Andes Mountain in Peru . Braving cold weather, this unusually high perch gave the astrophotographer such a low eastern horizon that the comet was obvious in the pre-dawn sky. Visible in the featured image is not only an impressively long dust tail extending over many degrees , but an impressively long and blue ion tail , too. This month, as the comet moves out from the Sun and passes the Earth , evening observers should be able to see the huge dirty ice ball toward the west just after sunset .

Growing Gallery: Comet Tsuchinsan-ATLAS in 2024