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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) in the evening sky : October 11-15, 2024

October 11: San Diego

My eyeballs couldn't find it in the bright evening twilight, but the camera did.

01:50Z The comet is very faintly visible in the upper center of the frame

01:59Z

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02:08Z

October 12: San Diego, Poway

I got chased inland by a quickly moving marine layer tonight.

02:05Z

02:11Z

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02:31Z In the hills above Poway

October 13: Ramona

I didn't take any chances with the marine layer, and went inland to Ramona from the start

pIMG_2237.JPG	pIMG_2240.JPG	pIMG_2246.JPG	02:24Z A hint of an anti-tail is visible
pIMG_2259.JPG	Moonlit grasslands	pIMG_2270.JPG	pIMG_2276.JPG
02:47Z I hope they have comet insurance :)	Sagittarius with Mt. Woodson

October 15: Ramona

Hazy evening with the marine layer moving in. The comet was near the globular cluster M5, and its movement could be seen over the 30 minutes or so it was in sight. (MPC ephemeris estimates 13"/min - about a moon diameter every 2.3 hours)

02:13Z	pIMG_2294.JPG	pIMG_2297.JPG	02:26Z
pIMG_2300.JPG	02:29Z Next to the star 6 Serpentis. 5 Serpentis is at the right edge of the frame	02:55Z The comet has moved above the line between 6 and 5 Serpentis	03:02Z The clouds are coming!