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Astronauts aboard the ISS take amazing snaps of Comet A3
Imaging Recource BrandsAstronauts onboard the International Space Station often get a front-row seat to the most beautiful astronomical events. Most recently, two ISS crew members captured stunning photos of the passing Comet C/2023 A3 also known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
As it streaked across space, astronauts Matthew Dominick and Don Pettit tracked and photographed Comet A3. This was no easy feat as the icy object is barely visible to the naked eye even when viewed from the space station. The ISS crew members used some nifty math and orbital geometry to locate A3 in space.
"Wow, comet C/2023-A3...
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