Observation by Steve Brown: Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2025 Oct 20 - 05:28

Uploaded

2025 Oct 20 - 20:50

Objects

C/2025 A6

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 14^h05^m
Dec: +32°43'
Position angle: -35°00'

Field size

7°58' × 4°30'

Equipment

Canon 250D
300mm lens

Exposure

13x 1.6s exp, 135mm fl, f/4.5, ISO-3200

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

Title

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

About this image

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) captured under unexpectedly clear skies. As I hadn't anticipated seeing it (the forecast said fog), I only had time to do a quick untracked capture before the sky became too bright. As it happened, the comet was much brighter than when I last observed it eight days ago. I could just about see it naked eye and using binoculars I estimated it at magnitude 4.5.

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Comet C-2025 A6 (Lemmon) 2025-10-20.jpg (4.8 MB)

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