Tsuchinshan, take a bow

The name Tsuchinshan was on world’s lips this year when Comet C/2023 A3 — otherwise known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — burst into naked-eye view. The name refers to Tuschinshan Observatory (or Purple Mountain Observatory), which was the first to discover the comet. In this image, the Moon rises behind the facility outside of Nanjing, whichContinue reading “Tsuchinshan, take a bow”
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