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Now that we have everyone excited about the Mars occultation tomorrow, he is another exciting visitor from space putting on a show as we speak.
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is closing in on the Sun for perihelion on Jan 13, 10:17 UTC.
Currently at mag -3.0, it will brighten to mag -3.6.
But it is difficult to observe from the Northern hemisphere. It will be so even after perihelion, assuming it survives this grazing trip around the Sun.
https://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2024G3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2024_G3_(ATLAS)1/n
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