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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) in the morning sky : September 26 - October 3, 2024

September 26: Borrego Valley Airport

I flew out to Borrego Airport in the pre-dawn darkness to get a look at the long-awaited comet.

Leo rising in the east	Little and Big Dippers	Andromeda Galaxy and Cassiopeia	Orion
12:26Z Comet just rising, with a bunch of (presumed) Starlinks	12:28Z	12:36Z	pIMG_0854.JPG
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12:25Z	12:34Z	12:35Z	12:37Z
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The comet is harder to see in brighter twilight as it moves closer to the sun. The clouds this morning didn't help, but they were pretty.