Throughout late September and the primary few days of October, you’ll find Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas within the constellation Sextans. Look to the east, the place the comet will rise about an hour earlier than the Solar in case you’re within the Northern Hemisphere. When you’re in a Southern Hemisphere, the comet will rise a bit earlier and be simpler to see.
For many of early October, Tsuchinshan-Atlas might be too near the Solar to be simply seen. Then, beginning round Oct. 10 — if all goes properly — the comet ought to be seen after sundown close to the horizon within the west. With each passing day, Tsuchinshan-Atlas will begin the night greater within the sky and be simpler to identify, except it will get too dim.
The place can I watch Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas?
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is at present seen from each the Northern and Southern Hemispheres at night time, although it’s a bit simpler to identify the farther south you’re. When the comet reappears in mid-October, the state of affairs will flip, and observers farther north might be higher positioned to see the comet. Somebody in Australia or South Africa, for instance, may anticipate to have a tougher time discovering Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas than somebody in India or Central America.
You’ll possible want binoculars to see Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, and a telescope with a large area of view may be even higher. You should definitely go someplace with an excellent view out to the horizon, for the reason that comet is not going to seem very excessive up within the sky. And in case you reside someplace with intense gentle air pollution, like the center of a serious metropolis, you’ll most likely should journey to a darker location farther from lights.
