Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Lomnický Peak in Slovakia
Comet Lemmon has been putting on a show for cameras around the globe. This photogenic comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sprouted two long and picturesque tails: a blue ion tail and a white dust tail. The ion tail is pushed away from the coma by the ever-present but ever-changing solar wind, at one point extending over 20 times the diameter of the full Moon—as captured in this long-duration exposure. The shorter and wider dust tail is pushed away from the coma and shines by reflecting sunlight.
This mid-October picture framed the comet behind Lomnický Peak of the High Tatra Mountains, home to the Slovakian Lomnický Stit Observatory. Comet Lemmon is now fading as it heads away from planet Earth. Comet Lemmon was discovered early this year. This huge shedding snowball rounded the Sun on November 8, 2025. Comet Lemmon passed nearest to the Earth—about half the Earth-Sun distance—on October 21.
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest.
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Release Date: Nov. 4, 2025
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