Space talk - there's a comet Lemmon!

[npixelz]

Yeye! Twas beauteous

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Sadly, no seeing the lunar eclipse tonight from North America

"The total lunar eclipse, or "blood moon," occurs on September 7th, 2025, with totality lasting approximately 82 minutes from 1:30 p.m. to 2:52 p.m. Eastern time. However, this event will not be visible from North America, with the best viewing locations being parts of Australia, India, Cairo, and South Africa. People in these regions can watch the blood moon rise and fall into Earth's shadow during the afternoon and evening hours of the 7th"

[npixelz]

Sadge

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Comet Lemmon will move into the constellation Boötes the Herdsman on the 20th.

[+] SPOILER

One day later — at perigee — the comet will lie less than 2° southwest of the magnitude 3.6 star Rho Boötis. Its minimum distance from Earth will be 28.6 million miles (46 million kilometers). Weather permitting, the morning and evening of the 21st will be when Comet Lemmon looks its brightest because that’s when it will be closest to us. But comets sometimes perform erratically, so observe it several days before and several days after perigee, just in case.

If you’re using a telescope to observe it, set your instrument outside about an hour before you plan to use it to let it adjust to the ambient temperature. Start viewing Comet Lemmon with your lowest power eyepiece. Depending on the length of the tail, you might be able to see the whole comet. Then, step by step, increase the magnification and scan the comet’s length for details. Can you see a single tail, or are there two? Are any parts of the tail brighter than others? Does the tail look disconnected at any point? Take your time.

https://www.astronomy.com/observing/now ... et-lemmon/

[galled]

Comet Lemmon! How perfect!!!

[npixelz]

Super cool

[Lemon Cheesecake]

So the article said: " set your instrument outside about an hour before you plan to use it to let it adjust to the ambient temperature."

I will have to research if that is important to do with binoculars & I wonder if for camera's for photographing outside at night.

[galled]

It's usually to prevent camera fogging. It was not unknown to leave our cameras out in the vehicle or other un-heated secure space overnight if we were shooting the next morning.

[npixelz]

I never knew that

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Thank you! Good to know why.

[npixelz]

Indeed

[Lemon Cheesecake]

The comet Lemmon can be found in the western sky as soon as it gets dark.
You will need to use binoculars.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/comet-lemmon-9.6950468

"Where to see comet Lemmon: If you look at the Big Dipper, the first star in the handle of the “spoon” points to a bright star called Arcturus, which is part of the constellation Boötes.
Comet Lemmon can be found above and to the left of the unmistakably bright star."

[npixelz]

Is Canada western?

[galled]

I was kinda hoping it would be a big yellow lemon-shaped comet!

[npixelz]

Indeed