View at EarthSky Community Photos. | David Chapman in Nova Scotia, Canada, sent us our first peek at Comet A3 in the evening sky. David took the photo just after sunset on October 11, 2024. David wrote that he detected the comet 45 minutes after sunset in binoculars and tracked it until it set at 7:45 p.m. He never saw it with his eye alone. It was dimmer than Venus and had a noticeable coma, but he didn’t see the tail. Thanks, David! The comet will rise higher in the sky every evening and become easier to see. Keep watching!
Comet A3 is currently quite low along the horizon as soon as the sun disappears. But every evening now, Comet A3 will rise a bit higher from the horizon, so even though it will be moving away from us, …
