At 5:15 am the waning crescent moon was rising over Snowshoe Mountain and Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) was low in the northeastern sky. When I set up the cameras it was still too dark to see that the northern view was obstructed by power lines. I am sure that there is some fancy post-processing that can remove the power-line shadows, but next time I will just scout out a better location ahead of time.
The comet is currently at about magnitude 4.5, which makes it a naked-eye object. However, it is tough to see through the low-elevation airglow murk. It was easy to pick up with binoculars.
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| Olympus 75mm f/1.8. ISO 1600, 30 s. |
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| Rokinon 135mm f/2. ISO 1600, 40 s. |
There are two galaxies visible in this image to the upper-right and right of the comet: NGC 5005 and NGC 5033, respectively.
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