Comet C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas is seen over the hills near the village of Aguas Blancas, Lavalleja Department, Uruguay, at dawn on September 28, 2024. Mariana Suarez/AFP via Getty Images)

'A Thanksgiving comet': Highly anticipated celestial event coming to sky over Calgary this holiday weekend

As of Friday afternoon, it has claimed the title of being the brightest comet of the last 13 years

by · Calgary Herald

Skywatchers dazzled by displays of aurora borealis this week might want to charge their camera batteries, as a rare and highly anticipated comet is set to make its debut in Alberta skies this weekend.

Comet C/2023 A3 is expected to be visible in evening skies on the western horizon from around Oct. 12-20, before making its way back toward deep-space, astronomy experts say.