Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS meets the ESO Supernova (zoomed-in view)
This short clip shows comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) photographed from the ESO Headquarters in Garching bei München, Germany. The clip begins with a wide-field view of the comet above the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. It then zooms in to reveal more details such as the comet's anti-tail – a thin disc of dust particles around the comet that looks like a spike when seen edge-on.
Both the wide-field image and the zoomed-in one are the result of stacking many frames to reveal faint structures that are otherwise hard to discern.
Link
- Still image of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS above the ESO Supernova
- Time-lapse video of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS above the ESO Supernova
ESO/L. Calçada, J. C. Munoz-Mateos
About the Video
| Id: | potw2443b |
| Release date: | 21 October 2024, 06:00 |
| Duration: | 20 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
| Category: | Solar System |
