A telescope in Hawaii captured a uncommon comet because it passes close to Earth. The footage was captured on 2 October by the Nationwide Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s Subaru-Asahi Star Digicam on the summit of Maunakea.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was found in January 2023 after Tsuchinshan Observatory in China noticed it, which was later independently detected by Nasa’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Final Alert System (ATLAS).
Scientists estimate the final time Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS visited our photo voltaic system was 80,000 years in the past.