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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS reaches perihelion in September, when it's predicted to be well into naked-eye territory. It's a mag. +9.3 object at the start of June, brightening to mag. +8.6 at the end of the month, but all the while battling evening twilight.

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