{"id":150582,"date":"2025-10-29T01:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/150582\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:30:20","slug":"comet-lemmon-puts-on-spectacular-show-for-astrophotographers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/150582\/","title":{"rendered":"Comet Lemmon Puts on Spectacular Show for Astrophotographers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Three<\/a>Left to right: Andrew McCarthy, Mike Carroll, and AJ Smadi. <\/p>\n

Comet C\/2025 A6 (Lemmon) made its closest pass to Earth this week and was even visible to the naked eye. Humanity may not see it again for another 1,300 years. <\/p>\n

But fortunately, astrophotographers were on hand to immortalize Comet Lemmon. Mike Carroll captured it over Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskill Mountains, New York, on a Sony a7R V<\/a> and a Sigma 70-200mm f\/2.8 DG DN OS Sports<\/a> lens. <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Mike Carroll (@jerseyportraits<\/a>) <\/p>\n

AJ Smadi from Washington captured Lemmon via \u201c11 minutes worth of data\u201d which, despite the clouds, was more than enough for \u201castounding results.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>AJ Smadi (@aj.smadi<\/a>) used a Canon EOS 6D, Sigma 150-600mm lens. 58 x 13-second subs [individual frames], ISO 2000 f\/6.3. \"A<\/a>AJ Smadi (@aj.smadi<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Frequent PetaPixel contributor Andrew McCarthy captured what he calls \u201cprobably the coolest comet shot I\u2019ve ever gotten.\u201d He says the comet\u2019s trail was \u201cincredibly active and moving quickly.\u201d It made photographing it tough. <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Andrew McCarthy (@cosmic_background<\/a>) <\/p>\n

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Check out this crazy timelapse I made last night of the Lemmon comet. You can see how the chunks in the tail stream off into space! pic.twitter.com\/PcPt1V3e7t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Photographer Dimitrios Katevainis captured the comet in western skies as it passed its closest distance to Earth. \u201cOn 23 October the ion tail was quite active, with knots and disconnections,\u201d he writes. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Equipment: 135mm Samyang f\/2 wide open, unmodified Olympus E-PL5. 23x15s and 1x25s ISO 1600 frames from Bortle 3 skies of eastern Crete. Edited with DSS and SIRIL. Dimitrios Katevainis<\/a> <\/p>\n

Chuck Ayoub<\/a> captured a mesmerizing video<\/a> showing 55 minutes of Comet Lemmon\u2019s movement. While Bray Falls captured an amazing shot of Lemmon traveling over his remote observatory<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Comet Lemmon captured over the observatory the other night! pic.twitter.com\/sJ9r8t0Vfj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bray Falls (@astrofalls) October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Comet Lemmon was discovered on January 3 this year and has dramatically brightened during its headfirst dive into the solar system. Space.com notes<\/a> that solar winds have created its visually spectacular tail that reflects in the sunlight. <\/p>\n

Lemmon is traveling away from the constellation Serpens Caput and toward the constellation Ophiuchus. It will closely approach the Sun on November 8. <\/p>\n