Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) Disruptive Event

This morning I continued my daily imaging of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). My first test images this morning revealed a break/clump in the comet’s tail and that put me on alert to capture a time-lapse of the comet for the first time.

The comet is in the northeast in the mornings right now. I believe it will be transitioning to the evening sky as October progresses. I really need to get outside and take a look through my binoculars at this thing. It is really putting on a nice show.

So, I began capturing a sequence of 130 images to give approximately 4 seconds of video movement of the comet and follow this clump/break/disruptive event. I can’t imagine that the actual cause of the clump in the tail would have happened much earlier than when I started imaging around 5:00 a.m. CDT. I waited for the Moon to set for best conditions.

I have now been operational at Starfront Observatories for about 3 weeks and it has been incredible. I would never have imaged this comet from West Virginia. I would have to travel to a site with low horizons and that can be a challenge around here. To have my equipment setup 24/7 and so easy to operate, well, I have been imaging this comet every morning. I simply haven’t had time to process the still images yet. But I wanted to get this time-lapse out ASAP because I thought it had some interesting impact that may even be able to be seen visually.

Stay tuned for much more to come on this comet and about 6 deep sky projects in various stages of completion. Thanks for stopping by and clear skies.