A bright new solar system comet could put on a show in the October night sky as it zooms past Earth. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was discovered on Sept. 10 by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly. It has brightened significantly since then, raising hopes that it could become a naked eye comet around the time that it makes its closest …
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is just weeks away from a close approach to Earth that could make it visible to the naked eye in the October night sky. Read on for spectacular views of this wandering comet and its magnificent tail as captured by astrophotographers around the world. Astronomers discovered Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on Jan. 3 using a 60-inch …
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A new comet was discovered last month. Now, as we go through this month, the comet may become easier to view. The new comet was discovered by a sky imaging instrument called SWAN. SWAN stands for Solar Wind Anisotropies camera. The SWAN camera is on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. The comet is named C/2025 R2 SWAN. Let’s …
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A newly discovered comet will soon be gracing our evening sky. On Sept. 10, Vladimir Bezugly of Dnipro, Ukraine was examining online images of a low-resolution public website showing images obtained during Sept. 5-9 with the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) camera on the Solar and Heliospheric Observer (SOHO) spacecraft. That’s when he discovered a moving object, resembling a bright blob, …
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Press enter or click to view image in full size Color and brightness images of the new bright comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) from the iTelescope.net T59 (0.51-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD) located at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. (Credit: Filipp Romanov) The SWAN instrument onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft revealed on September 11, 2025 the presence of …
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