Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon: New Starry View from North Carolina

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon: New Starry 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

Capture Location: Stedman NC, USA

Image Details: 5 minutes with 8-inch Celestron RASA with Celestron RASA broadband light pollution filter. ZWO ASI2600MC Duo camera. The comet had faded slightly since my photo two days ago. Moonlight was brighter and the comet was lower. Neat that it passed close by globular cluster M12.

Johnny's website: https://www.picturefayetteville.com/Backyard-Universe-Gallery
Release Date: Nov. 3, 2025

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