Saturday, November 8, 2025

Goodbye moon, hello comet

Moonset behind Bristol Head on Friday morning (07 Nov)

 Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is now setting behind the Bristol Head ridgeline just as astronomical dusk begins (about 6:30 pm MST).  Moonrise on Saturday night (08 Nov) was about 80 min later.  There was just a brief window of time to catch the comet in darkness before it sank out of sight.

The last vestige of twilight.  Rokinon 135mm f/2 lens.

About to disappear.  AT80EDT f/6 refractor.

Comet Lemmon has passed peak brightness and is now about magnitude 4.8.  The tail is still impressive photographically.
 

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