
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has faded so very much in just a few days! We wish that we could have seen it early in the week — right after it became an evening object here — but rain and clouds ruined the first nights and, as I just said, that comet is fading *fast* as it retreats toward the outer regions of our Solar System. Comet C/2023 A3 had what seemed to be an extraordinarily long tail and, while we were unable to capture its extent, you can see hints of it leading far beyond its bright nucleus. Visual sightings, for us, were binocular-assisted only and when we could finally see it, C/2023 A3 wasn’t exactly “spectacular”but it was another comet to add to our “life list”.


