80,000-year haul: Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight!

[Mousetoescamper]

11. Tomorrow night will offer the best view for at least 80,000 years.

Look west after sunset (the sun sets almost directly west this time of year) and find Venus to the south (or to your left) and Arcturus, a bright evening star, to the north. The comet is between the planet and the star, higher in the sky than Venus and a little south of where the sun sets. I was the first to sight it tonight among a group of comet watchers gathered along the river. Tomorrow will be the final night it will be easily seen with unaided eyes before it continues to fade as it rises higher in the sky.

I highly recommend that you take your camera or cellphone out tomorrow night, conditions permitting, and try to shoot this amazing celestial occurrence. I saw some pretty good cellphone shots taken by some of my fellow comet watchers tonight. I used a Canon R8 with a 100-400mm lens. Shot at ISO 800, f5 for 11.5 seconds.

Thanks!