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Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
Explanation:
Comet Lemmon has been putting on a show for cameras around the globe.
Passing nearest to Earth in late October, the
photogenic comet
C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sprouted
two long and
picturesque tails:
a blue ion tail and a white dust tail.
The ion tail is pushed away from the
coma by the ever-present but ever-changing
solar wind, at one point extending over 20 times the diameter of the
full Moon --
as captured in this long-duration exposure.
The shorter and wider
dust tail is pushed away from the
coma and shines by reflecting sunlight.
The featured picture, captured two weeks ago, framed the
comet behind
Lomnickö Peak of the
High Tatra Mountains,
home to the
Slovakian
Lomnickö Stit Observatory.
Comet Lemmon is now fading as it
heads away from planet Earth.
The huge
shedding
snowball will
round the Sun later this week.
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