Jelieta Walinski
Walinski+Jelieta_Comet_Lemmon_NASA_APOD
C/2025 A6 (Comet Lemmon): A Visitor Beyond the Frost Line
Captured on the evening of October 24, 2025, from Desert Bloom Observatory in St. David, Arizona, this image reveals the subtle beauty of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)—a celestial wanderer tracing its path through the outer reaches of our Solar System. Using a Celestron Nexstar Evolution 9.25” Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope paired with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera, the comet’s delicate coma and faint green hue emerge through the Optolong L-Pro multiband pass filter, hinting at ionized gases released as sunlight warms its icy core. Guided by precision optics and the quiet hum of equatorial tracking, this frozen relic from the early Solar System whispers stories from the age of planetary creation—its journey, timeless and luminous, across the star-filled silence.
Walinski+Jelieta_Comet_Lemmon_NASA_APOD
C/2025 A6 (Comet Lemmon): A Visitor Beyond the Frost Line
Captured on the evening of October 24, 2025, from Desert Bloom Observatory in St. David, Arizona, this image reveals the subtle beauty of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)—a celestial wanderer tracing its path through the outer reaches of our Solar System. Using a Celestron Nexstar Evolution 9.25” Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope paired with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera, the comet’s delicate coma and faint green hue emerge through the Optolong L-Pro multiband pass filter, hinting at ionized gases released as sunlight warms its icy core. Guided by precision optics and the quiet hum of equatorial tracking, this frozen relic from the early Solar System whispers stories from the age of planetary creation—its journey, timeless and luminous, across the star-filled silence.