Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS can be seen after sunset for the next 10 days. As the sky darkens, the comet should be visible in the western sky. It will appear a little higher on the horizon each night until October 24 when it will gradually begin to fade from sight.

ATLANTA — Through the weekend of Saturday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct. 20, you'll be able to see a rare comet in the sky each evening above north Georgia. Comet C/2023 A3, known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, will be visible each evening about 30 minutes after sunset and can be seen in the western sky.

To get the best view of the comet, go outside about an hour after sunset and look west. The comet should be visible from the northern and southern hemispheres. While you can see the comet with the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes will give you a better view of it.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible in Acadiana's evening skies through this week, but will be slowly dimming and fading as it travels farther away from the sun.

Recently, the comet has been obscured by the glare of the Sun, but it will soon become visible in the Northern Hemisphere, just above the horizon after sunset. Look to the west, about 10 degrees above the horizon, between the constellations of Sagittarius and Scorpio.

Astronomers are calling Tsuchinshan-Atlas the "comet of the century". With a nucleus between 20 and 40 kilometers in diameter, it survived its close passage to the Sun on September 27. This type of comet, visible to the naked eye, occurs only once or twice a century.

A comet discovered in 2023 will pass by Earth this weekend and become increasingly visible in Central Illinois over the next few days. The comet, now called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, (A3 for short) survived it’s close transit of the sun and will become easier to spot in the western sky by early