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长尾彗星Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

(原标题: The Long Tails Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

2024-10-07

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一颗明亮的彗星正在向夜空移动。C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)已经变亮了,尽管现在用肉眼很容易看到,但它离太阳太近了,仍然很难看到。图中是日出前在秘鲁安第斯山脉上拍摄的土钦山-阿特拉斯彗星。冒着寒冷的天气,这个异常高的位置给了天体摄影师如此低的东方地平线,以至于彗星在黎明前的天空中很明显。在这张特色图像中,不仅可以看到一条令人印象深刻的长尘埃尾巴,延伸了许多度,还有一条令人印象深刻的长蓝色离子尾巴。这个月,当彗星离开太阳并经过地球时,晚上的观测者应该能够在日落之后看到这个巨大的脏冰球朝向西方。正在成长的画廊:2024年的土钦山彗星- atlas

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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

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