Comet Watch

[THXGEEK]

Has anyone managed to photograph Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) or C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) yet?

I'm waiting for SWAN to get higher up in the southern sky (around the 19th or 20th) and I'll give it a go. Ditto for Lemmon in the west.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Weather is getting cooler down here in FL. If the conditions are right, I might go take a look, though I'm not sure I have the right gear to make it worth the trip.

 

[THXGEEK]

I went out the last few nights to look and no dice.

Just too much light pollution here in NoVa to allow capturing magnitude 9+ objects.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Cold front has materialized clouds, nothing to see down here in South Florida.

 

[TomF162]

Cold front has materialized clouds, nothing to see down here in South Florida.

Same here in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of cloud cover.

 

[THXGEEK]

Well, I DID manage a horrifically bad image of 2025/Lemon before it dropped below the treeline, but I won't waste the bandwidth here. Yup, that bad.



I continue to be tremendously frustrated at the seemingly near impossibility of achieving anything close to focus! Interestingly, the A1II is much more difficult to focus (at least to me) than the Canon R5II and my Nikon Z8. I need lots more practice, that's for sure.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

The skies are clearing up a bit in my area, am I too late to see the comet?

 

[iamdlewis]

The skies are clearing up a bit in my area, am I too late to see the comet?

Since you posted at 9am I would say that for today you are way too early
It should still be visible till at least Oct 31.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

looks like light clouds for the next 3 days, so I might have a chance.