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4 November 2025

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is seen from municipality of Calascio, Italy, on October 29th 2025.

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15 October 2024

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) is seen over Torre del Pizzo, in Gallipoli, Italy, on October 15, 2024. The comet's coma, or head, measures around 130,000 miles (209,000 kilometers) in diameter, with a tail extending 18 million miles (29 million kilometers). It is not expected to return for another 80,000 years.

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#11668661

15 October 2024

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) is seen over Torre del Pizzo, in Gallipoli, Italy, on October 15, 2024. The comet's coma, or head, measures around 130,000 miles (209,000 kilometers) in diameter, with a tail extending 18 million miles (29 million kilometers). It is not expected to return for another 80,000 years.

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1 October 2024

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) comet is seen before sunrise in Calascio, Italy, on October 1st, 2024. ''The Century Comet'' C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is a newly discovered comet, first observed in January 2023 by the Tsuchinshan Observatory and the ATLAS project.

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