Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter and experienced stargazer who covers the night sky, astro-tourism, the northern lights and space exploration. He received the 2023 Popular Media Award from the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division and is the author of A Stargazing Program for Beginners. Writing for Forbes.
brightest comet of the last 13 years appears on the night sky just after sunset on the outskirts of Abaujvar, Hungary on October 15, 2024. Is the comet still visible? Yes, but only if you use binoculars and wait a couple of hours after sunset.— also called comet A3 and C/2023 A3 – is no longer a naked-eye object, it’s visible this week in a dark, moonless night sky.
That makes it possible to see it with the Milky Way, which is just visible in the west after sunset if you’re in a dark sky destination. The comet is in the constellation Ophiuchus, close to the famous three bright stars of the famous “Summer Triangle” asterism, where the Milky Way currently flows through to the horizon.Now 94 million miles from Earth and shining at a magnitude of +4.3 in the constellation Ophiuchus, the comet is now getting fainter and smaller with each passing night.
If you look southwest about an hour after sunset, you’ll likely see the bright planet Venus. That’s your guiding light to the comet. Look above Venus for the bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra. Look halfway between Venus and Vega, and you should find the comet, though probably only if you use a pair of binoculars.Since Venus will sink soon after sunset — or you may have horizon clouds or mountains to contend with — you can also use the stars of the Summer Triangle, of which Vega is one. Find the other two that make up the famous asterism — Deneb in Cygnus, above Vega, and Altair in Aquila, to the left.
Now, make a rough triangle between Altair and Vega by pointing down to the horizon. The third point is roughly where the comet will be. You'll need binoculars to see it — as well as a dark, clear sky.It’s a long-period comet from the Oort Cloud, a sphere around the solar system that’s home to millions of comets. Astronomers think it loops around the sun once every 80,000 years. Its coma is about 130,000 miles in diameter, and its tail extends around 18 million miles into space.
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