Aurora & Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Scotland

Aurora & Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Scotland

Astrophotographer Alan C. Tough: "Earlier this evening, I set up a star tracker with a DSLR and 150mm lens in my back garden in order to photograph Comet Lemmon. When I saw the huge auroral arc, I left the tracker to its own devices and went into the field next to the house with another DSLR and 14 mm lens to capture the erupting aurora."

Comet Lemmon is brightening and moving into morning northern skies. Besides Comet SWAN25B and Comet ATLAS, Comet 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. 

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. To the south-east Scotland has its only land border that is 96 miles (154 km) long and shared with England. The country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and south, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the west.

Image Credit: Alan C. Tough 
Alan's website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7776810@N07/
Capture Location: Elgin, Moray, Scotland, UK
Image Date: Oct. 18, 2025

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