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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 November 6   
        A town is shown in the foreground surrounded by tall mountains with   
      even taller mountains in the distance. Above them all is a bright white   
       streak that is a comet with both a tail and an anti-tail. High above   
          are stars in the night sky. Please see the explanation for more   
                               detailed information.   
      
                    Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas over the Dolomites   
                        Credit & Copyright: Alessandra Masi   
      
      Explanation: Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is now headed back to the outer   
      Solar System. The massive dusty snowball put on quite a show during its   
      trip near the Sun, resulting in many impressive pictures from planet   
      Earth during October. The featured image was taken in mid-October and   
      shows a defining visual feature of the comet -- its impressive   
      anti-tail. The image captures Comet C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanCÇôATLAS) with   
      impressively long dust and ion tails pointing up and away from the Sun,   
      while the strong anti-tail -- composed of more massive dust particles   
      -- trails the comet and points down and (nearly) toward the   
      recently-set Sun. In the foreground is village of Tai di Cadore, Italy,   
      with the tremendous Dolomite Mountains in the background. Another   
      comet, C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), once a candidate to rival Comet   
      Tsuchinshan-Atlas in brightness, broke up last week during its close   
      approach to our Sun.   
      
                 Growing Gallery: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in 2024   
                          Tomorrow's picture: open space   
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