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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Here is the current location of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in the eastern sky just before sunrise, as seen from Atlanta. It is low in the sky before sunrise and requires good observing conditions to be seen using binoculars.

The comet will get closer to the Sun (as seen from earth) in the coming days and then emerge on the other side around Oct 10 and be visible, hopefully much brighter, in the evening sky.

The comet is visible in both hemispheres.

theskylive.com/planetarium?obj
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