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Making an entrance

Gianni Tumino, taken from Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

As comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) approaches perihelion, it is starting to become visible in the Northern Hemisphere before dawn. This photographer captured it at 6:04 a.m. in Sicily with a Canon R mirrorless camera, a zoom lens at 200mm and f/5.6, and a 1.8-second exposure at ISO 1600.