Open: Thursday, 6 November 2025, 1806 MST Temperature: 79°F

Session: 2107 Conditions: Clear

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
Focal reducer

Camera:
D850 DSLR
iPhone 15 Pro Max

Mounted the D850 DSLR at prime focus + focal reducer.

1816 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Focused on the star Vega and locked the telescope mirror.

1820 MST: Wi-Fi ON.

Using SkySafari 7 Pro on the iPhone, slewed the telescope to Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) low in the western sky.

1823 MST: StarLock ON.

Began imaging the comet.

1828 MST: Viewed Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), 12x50 binoculars. The tail appeared to be about 1° long.

1831 MST: Wi-Fi OFF.

1832 MST: The eastern sky was brightening from the rising waning gibbous Moon.

1840 MST: Took this image (slightly cropped) of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), prime focus + focal reducer, StarLock autoguided, 10 seconds, ISO 5000.

The comet was getting too low in the western sky to image.

1842 MST: StarLock OFF.

Viewed Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), 102X. The coma and tail were nice in the eyepiece.

Viewed Saturn, 102X.

1851 MST: LX600 OFF.

1859 MST: Took this handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max photograph showing Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). It was taken with the Camera app (Night Mode, 10 seconds, 1X lens).

Mouseover or tap on image for pointer to comet

Close: Thursday, 6 November 2025, 1903 MST Temperature: 70°F

Session Length: 0h 57m Conditions: Clear

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