Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now visible low in the sky just before sunrise. Best seen using binoculars or a telescope.

Perihelion will be tomorrow. It will get closer to the Sun as seen from Earth in the coming days and be visible in the evening sky after Oct 10. Closest approach to earth is on Oct 12. It may become very bright as its tail gets backlit by the Sun.

This composite image was taken at Lake George, NSW, Australia on Sep 21 by Lucy Yunxi Hu.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.ht
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Here is the current location of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS).

Tsuchinshan–ATLAS originated from the Oort cloud and was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory on 9 Jan 2023 and independently found by ATLAS South Africa on 22 Feb 2023. Its period is millions of years and will likely not appear again.

Distance from Sun today = 0.4 AU
Distance from Earth = 0.98 AU
Perihelion: Sep 27
Closest approach to earth: Oct 12

ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2023_A
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Map of solar system and location of the comet and the inner planets. Its orbit is highly inclined wrt the ecliptic, now approaching from below.
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