{"id":120549,"date":"2024-10-31T19:32:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T12:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120549"},"modified":"2024-10-31T19:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T12:32:46","slug":"astrophotographer-captures-comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-growing-an-anti-tail-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120549","title":{"rendered":"Astrophotographer captures comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS growing an anti-tail (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Miguel Claro<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a\u00a0<\/em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>European\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and member of\u00a0<\/em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/twanight.org\/newTWAN\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/twanight.org\/newTWAN\/index.asp\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The World At Night<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and the official astrophotographer of the\u00a0<\/em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkskyalqueva.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.darkskyalqueva.com\/en\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve<\/em><\/a><em>, he specializes in astronomical &#8220;Skyscapes&#8221; that connect both Earth and the night sky.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This close-up image of comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was taken from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024 when the comet was displaying an impressive level of brightness and details, as well as a cool &#8216;anti-tail.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this photo, it also seems that the comet&#8217;s ion tail is also visible alongside its prominent dust tail. In addition to trailing long tails of dust and gases behind them, some comets develop an ion tail, a second tail made up of charged particles pushed away from comets by solar radiation and solar wind.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1415px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:141.34%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"a bright blue streak of light through a starry night sky\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xodMfjo53K3UfRsZkHZLxM.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) as seen from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Miguel Claro)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I processed this one with my deep sky techniques to recover as much of the original color and details hidden in the dust tail as possible, which are usually washed out, due to the bluish background light from the moon and the sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>This image consists of 75 short exposures of 10 seconds each at ISO1600, shot with a 300mm prime lens at f2.8, comprising around 12 minutes of images.<\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1019752376?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I photographed comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as the Earth was passing through the comet&#8217;s orbital plane (the flat disk-like shape along which a body orbits the sun). When comets are viewed along their orbital planes as seen from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\">Earth<\/a>, it can sometimes appear as if they sprout an &#8216;anti-tail,&#8217; a tail that faces towards the sun rather than away from it, as their other tails do. It&#8217;s clearly visible as a front-facing &#8216;spike&#8217; coming out of the comet&#8217;s nucleus in the photographs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The other image of the comet below was taken from a beautiful field at the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal. The moonlight was shining bright that night, so it helped to illuminate the landscape quite well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-S7Amt9AHUShYkyVaYwrb7\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-S7Amt9AHUShYkyVaYwrb7 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1316px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:151.98%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/acp8GxpVHHHtRiQ3fAyJbM-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/acp8GxpVHHHtRiQ3fAyJbM-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/acp8GxpVHHHtRiQ3fAyJbM-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/acp8GxpVHHHtRiQ3fAyJbM-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/acp8GxpVHHHtRiQ3fAyJbM-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/acp8GxpVHHHtRiQ3fAyJbM-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 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