In one of the cooler videos and timelapses you will see today, our station camera that sits atop Mt. Mansfield (Vermont's highest peak) was able to capture a timelapse of Comet A3 as it zoomed past our lens late last night.

Comet C/2023 A3 — known simply as Comet A3 — was first discovered last year and was first visible in the night sky earlier this month, with peak viewing from Oct. 16 through Oct. 20. The comet is projected to swing through our solar system again sometime between 80,000 years from now and never.

Comet C/2023 A3 will be visible in the sky over the next few days for more than an hour shortly after sunset each night. For those in New Jersey, the sun sets around 6:25 p.m., so the best viewing starts around 7:10 p.m. The comet will be visible for about 90 minutes before it dips too low.

A comet swings by Earth about once every 80,000 years was visible in the skies of Connecticut on Tuesday night.

A rare celestial event is unfolding in our night sky. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is currently making a once-in-a-lifetime pass by the Sun and is visible to the naked eye for a limited time.