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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

2024 November 1, 0251UT

Equipment:

50mm f/3.5 Refractor and ST-402ME CCD Camera

Description:

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan_ATLAS) continues to fade as it moves away from the Sun and Earth. On the evening of 2024 November 1 UT the comet was magnitude 6.7 with a 3 degree long tail in separate wide field of view image. The comet continues to appear very dusty in color images.