Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), Taras Prystavski
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), Taras Prystavski
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
2024 May 12.33 UT m1=10.2 (m2=12.6) Dia.=2.0' Tail=8.7' in PA 98 deg... [T21] 0.43-m f/4.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham + CCD... iTelescope observatory, U94 (remotely from Great Basin Desert, Beryl Junction, Utah, USA)

U94_2024_05_12-1_multi.txt

MPCReport_calibrated-T21-prystavski-CK23A030-20240511-014634-Luminance-BIN2-W-060-001+4.txt

C/2023 A3
Epoch 2024 Mar. 31.0 TT = JDT 2460400.5
T 2024 Sept. 27.7403 TT Rudenko
q 0.391454 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000289 Peri. 308.4892 +0.3613796 +0.9008601 T = 2460581.24025 JDT
+/-0.0000056 Node 21.5594 +0.9185559 -0.2996396 q = 0.3914539
e 1.000113 Incl. 139.1129 -0.1601868 +0.3141133
1/a(orig) = -0.000231 AU**-1, 1/a(fut) = -0.000203 AU**-1.

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Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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Light curve created using "Comet for Windows" software. Copyright(C) Seiichi Yoshida.

Other observations:
2023A3 2023 03 03.32 C 17.8 GG 51.0C 7a900 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.17m A4B 5 P5* 0.7s 0.7
2023A3 2023 03 29.75 C 17.3 GG 32.0Y 9a480 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.26m A4B 5 P4* 1.3s 1.3
2023A3 2023 05 18.49 C 16.6 GG 32.0Y 9a120 0.21 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.21m A4B 5 P5 1.3s 1.3
2023A3 2023 06 11.45 C 16.5 GG 32.0Y 9a480 0.28 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.30m A4B 5 P9* 1.3s 1.3
2023A3 2023 07 10.37 C 16.2 GG 32.0Y 9a600 0.3 0.2m107 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.30m A4B 5 P5* 1.3s 1.3
2023A3 2023 08 04.38 C 16.1 GG 50.8C 4a480 0.3 0.2m100 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.27m K6F A4B 5 P4* 0.8s 0.8
2023A3 2023 12 05.55 C 14.2:U4 25.0L 3a360 & 0.3 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.33mSTM K32 A4B 5 P3* 1.7s 1.7

2023A3 2024 01 18.33 C 13.4 U4 35.6C 7a 60 0.4 & 0.6m319 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.46m A4B 5 P5 0.3s 0.3
2023A3 2024 01 26.31 C 13.2:U4 35.6C 7a180 & 0.4 & 0.5m308 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.39m A4B 5 P5* 0.3s 0.3
2023A3 2024 02 19.29 C 12.7:U4 51.0C 7a120 0.5 1.1m305 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.58m A4B 5 U4 0.7s 0.7
2023A3 2024 03 10.35 C 12.5:U4 27.9D 2a480 & 0.8 1.3m311 ICQ XX PRY01I C 0.84m A4B 5 U4* 1.3s 1.3
2023A3 2024 03 20.38 C 11.4 U4 35.6C 7a 50 1.2 & 1.5m324 ICQ XX PRY01I C 1.27m A4B 5 P5 0.6s 0.6
2023A3 2024 04 06.76 C 10.6 U4 32.0Y 9A 60 1.2 1.8m 50 ICQ XX PRY01I C 1.19m A4B 5 P5 1.3s 1.3
2023A3 2024 04 07.43 C 10.7 U4 43.1C 5a 60 1.5 2.0m 55 ICQ XX PRY01I C 1.54m K6F A4B 5 P5 1.9s 1.9
2023A3 2024 04 18.67 C 10.2:U4 50.8C 4a 60 2.4 & 4.6m 84 ICQ XX PRY01I C 2.48m K6F A4B 5 P5 1.7s 1.7
2023A3 2024 05 03.36 C 10.6:U4 27.9D 2a240 1.9 7.3m 92 ICQ XX PRY01I C 1.89m A4B 5 U9* 1.3s 1.3
2023A3 2024 05 03.38 C 10.6:U4 10.6R 5a180 1.9 7.2m 96 ICQ XX PRY01I C 1.85m A4B 5 P5* 2.3s 2.3

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