Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon): Close-up View from North Carolina

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon): Close-up View from North Carolina

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, 2025. It passed nearest to the Earth—about half of the Earth-Sun distance—on October 21.

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. 

Image Credit: Johnny Horne

Image Details: Details: Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon imaged with Meade 14-inch ACF telescope at F/7 10/25/25. ZWO ASI2600MC Duo camera. A stack of twelve 60-second exposures.

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Release Date: Oct. 25, 2025
Capture Location: Stedman, North Carolina, USA

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