Comet 2025 A6 Lemmon on October 26 2025 from Tucson AZ
11 min integration star align
Vixen VSD 100 mm astrograph Nikon Z8 iso 1600
Photo acquired in my backyard in Tucson AZ with onset of dark. The Vixen VSD astrograph is a less common telescope, it did not sell well before its production ended, but as a fast wide field scope it is a great performer for comets (see comet album link here).
This image has been edited to a Fuji film color profile (eterna) (Ted Forbes preset) with the underlying idea to try to capture the comet as it might have been with the hypered film - before digital film was soaked hydrogen and nitrogen gas to limit reciprocity failure to allow for longer exposures (shows the photographer's age) - such treatment improves faint feature capture- so this image was edited to simulate this.
This comet was discovered by the Mt Lemmon observatory outside Tucson, so it is quite nice to be able to capture it in all its glory in Tucson.
This a quite nice comet, in the telescope it is putting on a good show, but even with a camera and lens very nice photos can be acquired. The best comet of 2025, that has had a comet drought, and it is unlikely anything better will top 2025 A6 Lemmon this year.
Comet 2025 A6 Lemmon on October 26 2025 from Tucson AZ
11 min integration star align
Vixen VSD 100 mm astrograph Nikon Z8 iso 1600
Photo acquired in my backyard in Tucson AZ with onset of dark. The Vixen VSD astrograph is a less common telescope, it did not sell well before its production ended, but as a fast wide field scope it is a great performer for comets (see comet album link here).
This image has been edited to a Fuji film color profile (eterna) (Ted Forbes preset) with the underlying idea to try to capture the comet as it might have been with the hypered film - before digital film was soaked hydrogen and nitrogen gas to limit reciprocity failure to allow for longer exposures (shows the photographer's age) - such treatment improves faint feature capture- so this image was edited to simulate this.
This comet was discovered by the Mt Lemmon observatory outside Tucson, so it is quite nice to be able to capture it in all its glory in Tucson.
This a quite nice comet, in the telescope it is putting on a good show, but even with a camera and lens very nice photos can be acquired. The best comet of 2025, that has had a comet drought, and it is unlikely anything better will top 2025 A6 Lemmon this year.