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Comet G3 ATLAS: Once-in-160,000-Year spectacle expected to rival Venus

Comet C/2024 G3 is expected to be visible to the naked eye next week, shining as bright as Venus, marking a once-in-160,000-year event.
The comet will come within 8.3 million miles of the Sun on January 13, 2025, after being discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on April 5, 2024.
Dr. Shyam Balaji stated that visibility may vary due to local conditions and that many comets can end up being fainter than expected.
Stargazers should look towards the eastern horizon before sunrise and the western horizon after sunset to catch a glimpse of the comet.

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The Express Tribune

Comet G3 ATLAS: Once-in-160,000-Year spectacle expected to rival Venus

A rare celestial event is set to captivate stargazers as Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) prepares to shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky. This once-in-160,000-year comet, one of the brightest in two decades, will make its closest approach to the Sun next week, offering a fleeting opportunity for observers in both hemispheres to catch a glimpse. The comet was first spotted on 5 April 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS…

1 month ago·Pakistan

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Wired

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The Brightest Comet of 2025 Is Coming. Here’s How You Can See It Shine

On January 13, Atlas C/2024 G3 will reach its closest point to the sun.

1 month ago·United States

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WKRC

How to spot a once-in-160,000-year comet, brightest in nearly 20 years

Skywatchers can catch a glimpse of a one-in-160,000-year comet in January, the brightest of its kind in nearly 20 years.

1 month ago

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Metro News

Here's how to see a once-in-a-160,000-year comet next week

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas gliding over the Netherlands in October. This incoming comet may be even brighter (Picture: Hollandse Hoogte/REX/Shutterstock) Here’s something that you’ll kick yourself if you miss – a comet that only grazes the Earth every 160,000 years will be visible next week. Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) was first spotted in April 400 million miles away when it was 158,000 times dimmer than the faintest star. But by Monday, as…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Comet c/2024 visible next week set to be brighter than Venus

The comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) could outshine Venus next week as it appears in the sky for the first time in a staggering 160,000 years.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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The Sun

Once-in-a-lifetime comet set to shine in sky as one of the brightest in 20 years

ONE of the brightest comets to pass Earth in nearly 20 years could be visible to the naked eye in a once-in-a-lifetime display next week. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), is expected to reach peak brightness later this week. EPAIt could shine as bright as Venus, or similar to Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, the “comet of the century” that stunned stargazers in mid-October[/caption] RexThe Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet pictured over Torre Squill…

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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