BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to the list.

Everything you need to know about the upcoming second appearance of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), from when it will appear to where best to see it.

News Channel 11 viewer Don Carrier photographed a once-in-80,000-years comet currently passing over Earth in Mendota, Virginia Saturday night. According to a blog post by NASA, the comet is named ATLAS and was first discovered in 2023 as its orbit approached the inner solar system.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now approaching its closest pass to Earth.

A once-in-a-lifetime look at the stars could be possible beginning Saturday at twilight. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3, will be visible to folks in the northern hemisphere from Oct.

Comet C/2023 A3 Tschinshan-ATLAS will be at its closest point to Earth, 44 million miles, on Saturday, and should be visible to the naked eye in the western sky just after sunset. The comet will be visible through October,

A rare comet that was discovered in 2023 will be visible Sunday evening.The A3Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet made a pass just 44 million miles from earth yesterday, t

Now, we've got the chance to see a rare comet in the sky the next couple of nights. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas is a huge comet, with an almost 2-mile wide (in diameter) head and potentially an 18-million-mile tail.