The comet made its first documented pass by Earth this month and is likely to disappear from our night sky for 80,000 years -- that is, if it survives its voyage around the solar system.

Only discovered in 2023, Comet C/2023A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible through the naked eye right now. It won't return for another 80,000 years.

Comet C/2023 A3 - better known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS - is fading in brightness as it speeds away from the Sun and Earth in the evening sky. It's still visible to the naked eye in a dark sky, and it's certainly an easy target for binoculars.

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible about an hour and a half after sunset, but it’s getting dimmer every day. And it only comes around every 80,000 years.

Use this table to see how the visibility of Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be affected by the comet’s position, as well as the Sun and Moon.

From the Northern Lights to super moons and the latest SpaceX launches, if you know how, when, and where to look, there has been a lot of activity in the skies over Virginia recently. The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS which orbits our Sun every 80,

News&Guide photographers captured Comet C/2023 A3, aka Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, as is streaked across the night sky this week. It has been visible since mid-October. Although it is getting farther away, it

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was only discovered in January 2023 and is said to have last been visible from earth 80,000 years ago when the Neanderthals were alive. It’s bright trail has left stargazers in awe across Northumberland as many managed see it with the naked eye on a clear night.