Star-struck

In recent days, stargazers have been blessed with celestial events in the northern hemisphere.

Last week, it was the aurora borealis, a.k.a. the northern lights, on display over Canada and Europe. And this week it's a comet, which won't pass Earth for another 80,000 years.

You can try to get a glimpse of it yourself as comet C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanATLAS) will be visible from Earth until late October and should be visible if you look toward the western horizon just after sunset on Wednesday and Thursday.

In the meantime, here are some scenes of this comet on Thanksgiving weekend.

A satellite leaves a trail of light near the tail of the comet after sunset in Ohrid, North Macedonia, on Sunday. 

Comet C/2023 is visible shortly after sunset in the western sky over the Lake Murray Dam Hydroelectric Intake Towers near Columbia, S.C., on Saturday.  

Dave Rudisuela submitted an image to CBC that he made of the comet from his acreage in Rocky View County, near Madden, Alta., on Monday evening.

Comet C/2023 is visible shortly after sunset in the western sky over the Fishermans Walk Pier as two men fish in Tybee Island, Ga., on Sunday.  

The comet is seen above the Golden Gate Bridge during sunset as seen from the Berkeley Pier in Berkeley, Calif., on Monday. 

A satellite leaves a trail of light near the tail of comet C/2023 after sunset near Skopje, North Macedonia. 

The comet appears in the western sky shortly after sunset above rock formations in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Las Vegas on Sunday.