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Gyrfalcon22 said:
Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) is not naked-eye visible to me but I still get a thrill of seeing it with my single exposure attempts with my rudimentary gear.

Last night on left. Comets are super cool!

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Yup, very nice.

A6 Lemon is just beyond eye visible, maybe in some very dark skies it is visible to the naked eye, but camera and telephoto can pick it up, as you have done.

Supposed to clear here, just before sunset, so I will make one last attempt at A6 Swan.

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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) shot taken in clearing sky last night with my 70's/80's Olympus Zuiko 300mm f4.5 lens. I sure love manual focus. Without a tracker and with the magnification the star trails are evident quickly- even with a few seconds exposure.
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Completely cloudy here, but that's OK, cause I didn't hear about this storm until this AM - I need to set up an art system,

@RRSmith - great shot from Colorado.

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Cloud cover here forecast to be anywhere from 75% - 82%. Not looking good (no pun intended).
 
It must be the year of the comet, no fewer than 15 comets have been newly identified this year, with at least 4 being visible with small telescopes. We here at the Canuck Observatory have captured 3 of these:
C/2025 A6 Lemmon (https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/stuff-in-the-sky.247/post-259387),
C/2025 R2 SWAN (https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/stuff-in-the-sky.247/post-261599)
and now C/2025 K1 ATLAS:

C/2025 K1 ATLAS, an Oort cloud comet discovered in May 2025, until recently had not received the same attention as A6 Lemmon, R2 Swan, or the interstellar 3I ATLAS. K1 ATLAS reached perihelion, its closest point to the sun, on October 8, coming within 31 million miles. At this relatively close distance, it was expected to be ripped apart due to the intense gravitation forces. Lucky for us (and for K1 ATLAS) it survived. It is now on its way to its closest pass by earth on November 25. With a current magnitude of 9, K1 ATLAS is displaying a rare golden color. Why it glows this color its not completely understood, but is thought to be due to a lack of carbon molecules such as dicarbon, carbon monoxide, and cyanide.

C/2025 K1 ATLAS: 12 x 120 second light exposures, 10 dark exposures, multispectra broadband filter:

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Information from https://www.livescience.com/space/c...rned-gold-after-a-perilous-dance-with-the-sun

Spaceweather.com Time Machine

www.spaceweather.com

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Paige said:
But, but, but Atlas is an alien space craft didn't you know! LOL
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With a growing tail, that definitely suggests propulsion (just ignore that the tail pointing in the direction to travel).

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Paige said:
But, but, but Atlas is an alien space craft didn't you know! LOL
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Canuck from Kansas said:
With a growing tail, that definitely suggests propulsion (just ignore that the tail pointing in the direction to travel).

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The craft"s Alcubierre drive slowing it down from warp interstellar travel as it nears earth, right?

Oooh, and it has started deploying its battle cruiser fleet? 😱
 
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