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It looks to me like the bright lights shining on the building are somehow reflecting up into a thick layer of mist in the sky, it could be a projector, too, but the image looks like the building itself, somewhat distorted.

Yes. I’ve had another look at the video. I’m not convinced it’s a projector on the far right building. What I thought was a projector looks more like some sort of light, a spotlight perhaps. It’s attached to the building and not coming from a room window. Plus the angles don’t seem to line up properly with where the light is pointing and where the lights are in the sky.

It makes more sense if the lights in the sky are somehow an image of the roof of the building that is directly below them.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/2012941385746338130

The object first tracked as 6AC4721 has now been confirmed as a comet — an exceptionally early, ground-based catch for a Kreutz-family “sungrazer,” which usually only shows up later in SOHO coronagraph images.

Why this matters: Catching a Kreutz comet this far out means we can watch its evolution for weeks — maybe months — before it dives toward the Sun in early April 2026. That’s a rare opportunity to track how a sungrazer “switches on,” how its coma and tail develop, and whether it can stay intact as solar heating ramps up.

The big question:Most Kreutz comets don’t survive perihelion… but the few that do can become truly spectacular. So for now: cautious excitement, steady monitoring, and lots of fresh data coming in.

Discovery highlights:• Discovered from San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) at the AMACS1 Observatory using a 0.28 m (11") f/2.2 Schmidt + CCD• Found at 2.056 AU from the Sun and 1.433 AU from Earth — reportedly the farthest distance at which a Kreutz sungrazer has ever been discovered• About mag 17.8 at discovery, in the constellation Columba

More updates soon as new images and photometry arrive.

First picture: Comet Ikeya-Seki as photographed by Roger Lynds from Kitt Peak at dawn on October 29, 1965.

Maps on the trajectory C-2026-A1-MAPS Sungrazing Comet
Deep Dive

The discovery of comet C/2026 A1 MAPS

This pages relates the discovery of this comet.

www.spaceobs.com

The MAPS (Maury, Attard, Parrott, Signoret) program is an independent program to discover near-Earth asteroids using the synthetic tracking technique.

Extraordinary ‘Sungrazer’ Comet Could Dazzle NYC skywatchers With a Stunning Show This Week
Apr 4, 2026

An extraordinary ‘sungrazer’ comet could dazzle NYC skywatchers with a stunning show. Meteorologist Joe Rao joined FOX Weather to provide into the celestial comet that will be visible to the naked eye into the work week.