Use this table to see how the visibility of Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be affected by the comet’s position, as well as the Sun and Moon.

Only discovered in 2023, Comet C/2023A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible through the naked eye right now. It won't return for another 80,000 years.

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.

The best comet of the year is starting to fade in brightness, but it’s still an easy naked-eye object in the evening sky.

The Hunter's Moon of October 2024 will be the largest full moon of the year thanks to its proximity to Earth. The moon arrived at perigee, its closest point to Earth in its slightly elliptical, or oval-shaped orbit, on the evening of Wednesday (Oct. 16), coming within just 221,938 miles (357,174 kilometers) of our planet.

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible about an hour and a half after sunset, but it’s getting dimmer every day. And it only comes around every 80,000 years.

A rare celestial event is lighting up the night sky this month as Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas makes its closest approach to Earth for the first time in roughly 80,000 years.

The Full Hunter's Moon of October 2024 will join Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the night sky on Thursday (Oct. 17), and you can enjoy both with a free livestream courtesy of the Virtual Telescope Project.

October will feature yet another rare celestial treat. Look to the night sky to see the biggest supermoon of the year along with Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.

Get your cameras ready! Tonight's full moon will also be a supermoon! This occurs when the moon makes it's closest approach in Earth in it's orbit, and will appear ~15%