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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2024 October 7   
       A starry sky is pictured with a long bright streak running diagonally   
      from the lower left to the upper right. The lower left part of the sky   
      sky orange sprinkled with a few dark clouds. Please see the explanation   
                          for more detailed information.   
      
                      The Long Tails Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS   
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Jose Santiva+#ez Mueras   
      
      Explanation: A bright comet is moving into the evening skies. C/2023 A3   
      (TsuchinshanCÇôATLAS) has brightened and even though it is now easily   
      visible to the unaided eye, it is so near to the Sun that it is still   
      difficult to see. Pictured, Comet TsuchinshanCÇôATLAS was captured just   
      before sunrise from an Andes Mountain in Peru. Braving cold weather,   
      this unusually high perch gave the astrophotographer such a low eastern   
      horizon that the comet was obvious in the pre-dawn sky. Visible in the   
      featured image is not only an impressively long dust tail extending   
      over many degrees, but an impressively long and blue ion tail, too.   
      This month, as the comet moves out from the Sun and passes the Earth,   
      evening observers should be able to see the huge dirty ice ball toward   
      the west just after sunset.   
      
                  Growing Gallery: Comet Tsuchinsan-ATLAS in 2024   
                       Tomorrow's picture: circular sunspot   
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