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30/09/2025

ASTRONOMY - Comet Lemmon Brightens

 2025 September 30

A starfield is shown that has a bright comet.
The comet shows a green head on the lower left and
an ion tail with significant structure extending out
to the upper right. 
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

Comet Lemmon Brightens
Image Credit & Copyright: Victor Sabet & Julien De Winter

Explanation: Comet Lemmon is brightening and moving into morning northern skies. Besides Comet SWAN25B and Comet ATLASComet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is now the third comet currently visible with binoculars and on long camera exposures. Comet Lemmon was discovered early this year and is still headed into the inner Solar System. The comet will round the Sun on November 8, but first it will pass its nearest to the Earth -- at about half the Earth-Sun distance -- on October 21. Although the brightnesses of comets are notoriously hard to predict, optimistic estimates have Comet Lemmon then becoming visible to the unaided eye. The comet should be best seen in predawn skies until mid-October, when it also becomes visible in evening skies. The featured image showing the comet's split and rapidly changing ion tail was taken in TexasUSA late last week.

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