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                               2024 October 14
     [2]The Lincoln Memorial monument in Washington, DC, USA is pictured
     from afar. Behind the monument is a sunset-colored pink sky. In the
    sky, on the upper left, is a white streak that is a comet. Please see
               the explanation for more detailed information.

              Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Over the Lincoln Memorial
                   Credit & Copyright: [3]Brennan Gilmore

   Explanation: Go outside at sunset tonight and see a comet! [4]C/2023 A3
   (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) has become visible in the early evening sky in
   northern locations to the unaided eye. To [5]see the comet, look west
   through a sky with a low horizon. If the sky is clear and dark enough,
   you will not even need binoculars -- the [6]faint tail of the [7]comet
   should be visible just above the horizon for about an hour.
   [8]Pictured, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was captured two nights ago over
   the [9]Lincoln Memorial monument in [10]Washington, DC, [11]USA. With
   each passing day at sunset, the [12]comet and its [13]changing tail
   should be higher and higher in the sky, although exactly how bright and
   how long its tails will be [14]can only be guessed.

             Growing Gallery: [15]Comet Tsuchinsan-ATLAS in 2024
                       Tomorrow's picture: comet video
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    Authors & editors: [27]Robert Nemiroff ([28]MTU) & [29]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([30]UMCP)
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                           & [39]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2410/CometA3Dc_Gilmore_1080.jpg
   3. https://www.instagram.com/brennanmgilmore/
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
   5. https://earthsky.org/space/comet-c-2023-a3-sep-oct-2024-tsuchinshan-atlas/
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240925.html
   7. https://youtu.be/Nkj_ZrZsQC0?t=158
   8. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBDSNJkOzGc/
   9. https://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm
  10. https://youtu.be/qdGin1IPgh0
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
  12. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en/
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241007.html
  14. https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/banner-three-pets-atttentive-thinking-600nw-2136132101.jpg
  15. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.516503464411569
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  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
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  22. https://apod.com/feed.rss
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  27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  29. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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  31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  32. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  33. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/
  34. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/
  35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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