Comet spotted again in S'pore skies from Woodlands, Choa Chu Kang & CBD

Did you see the comet zip across the Singapore sky on Oct. 15 night?

Some did and they caught it on camera for posterity.

Seen from Choa Chu Kang, Woodlands, and Raffles Marina

According to the Stargazing Singapore Facebook, photographer Jason Mak from Choa Chu Kang managed to capture a shot of the comet at 8pm on Tuesday night.

Two members of The Astronomical Society Of Singapore also spotted the comet that evening.

The Facebook group shared that Ridhwan took a shot at about 7:33pm from his home in Woodlands, despite partly cloudy sky conditions.

Another member, Ryan See managed to capture the comet from Raffles Marina at 7:58pm.

Here's another photo of the comet around 7:25pm at Woodlands.

What is a comet?

Comets are large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the sun.

The core, called a nucleus, can span up to 16km across.

They have a streaming tail and are leftovers from the formation of the solar system billions of years ago.

This particular comet photographed over Singapore is known as Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).

It is called Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as it was discovered in 2023 at the Tsuchinshan (Purple Mountain) Observatory in China and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) in South Africa.

It was previously spotted in the early morning on Oct. 1 from several areas in Singapore, such as Lakeside and Paya Lebar.

The comet is expected to be brightest and most visible between Oct. 14 and 20.

It will gradually become dimmer as it moves further away from Earth.

Science Centre Singapore's YouTube channel will host a livestream of the comet from 7pm to 8pm on Oct. 17.

Top images via Sebastian Tan/CloudSpotting & SkySpotting Singapore Facebook & Jason Mak/Stargazing Singapore Facebook