Incredibly rare comet flew over Ukraine: Amazing photos revealed
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was seen by thousands of Ukrainians (photo: facebook.com/photobox.ks)
Residents of different cities of Ukraine have observed a very rare comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in the sky.
RBC-Ukraine has collected the most wonderful photos of the comet and tells you what kind of space phenomenon it is and why it is unique.
Cities where comet was seen
The most frequent sighting of the comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was made by Ukrainians on October 14. Although the day before it was also visible in the night sky.
Comet over Odesa (photo: Oleksandr Syvenko)
Residents of the Dnipro region saw the comet from this angle.
Comet over the Dnipropetrovsk region (photo: Suspilne)
One of the first to post beautiful photos was on local networks in Chornomorsk.
Comet over Odesa region (photo: Liudmyla Palamarchuk)
Comet over Odesa region (photo: Liudmyla Palamarchuk)
The comet looked beautiful in the sky over the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
Comet over Kherson (photo: Olena Hrytsayenko)
Comet over Kherson (photo: Olena Hrytsayenko)
Comet over Kherson (photo: Olena Hrytsayenko)
The comet was also visible over Kyiv on October 14.
Comet over Kyiv (photo: facebook.com/odryha)
Comet over Kyiv (photo: facebook.com/odryha)
The comet was also observed in the western regions. In the Carpathians, it looks most beautiful.
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Comet over Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk region (photo: Andrii Blyzniuk)
Comet over Ivano-Frankivsk (photo: Oleh Netetskyi)
And Maryna Davydiuk took a picture of comet C/2023 A3 over Poltava.
Comet over Poltava (photo: Maryna Davydiuk)
Comet over Poltava (photo: Maryna Davydiuk)
There is also a video sped up several dozen times. This is a time-lapse made by two cameras, each of which took a photo with a shutter speed of 3-5 seconds.
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is a long-period comet that was independently discovered by two observatories: the ATLAS system in South Africa on February 22, 2023, and the Chinese Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory on January 9, 2023. The official opening date is January 9, 2023.
Its period of orbit around the Sun has not yet been determined (according to astronomers, comets of this type make one revolution around the Sun in thousands or even millions of years), it has a hyperbolic orbit and a huge speed of 60 km/s (more than the third space speed).
According to NASA experts, C/2023 A3 is the brightest comet in the last 27 years.
October 12-15 are the most comfortable days to observe the comet with the naked eye. Therefore, on Tuesday, Ukrainians will also be able to take pictures of it. It could be seen right after sunset, low above the horizon.
Earlier, we wrote that the asteroid God of Chaos may become more dangerous for the Earth.
