This image of Comet C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was taken on October 16, 2024 in Perth County, southern Ontario. The farmscape was brightly lit by the almost full moon. The image is a stack of 32 individual exposures.<\/p>\n
Comets are \u201cdirty ice balls\u201d made up of ice, dust, and various organic compounds. As a comet approaches the sun, the ice sublimes, and the dust is pushed away by the solar wind, creating the dust tail which always points away from the sun.<\/p>\n
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