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Rare Green Comet Lemmon Passes Earth for First Time in 1,300 Years, Spotted in Brooksville

Comet Lemmon is bright enough for binocular viewing and may be seen with the naked eye under dark skies, marking a rare event not repeated for 1,300 years.

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BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A rare green comet known as C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) passed Earth for the first time in over 1,300 years on Tuesday, National Geographic said. Wisconsin Florida Adventures Photography's Gary Wondrash spotted Comet Lemmon as it passed, photographing this celestial visitor from Brooksville. National Geographic said in a post that Comet Lemmon is recognizable with its emerald glow and twin tails of dust and ions. According to W…

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The fascinating celestial vault promises an astronomical spectacle in the final stretch of 2025 with the arrival of two comets that can be seen at first sight from Earth. One of them is comet C/2025 R2 SWAN, recently discovered, but the real celestial jewel will be comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, an ice-cold body that will not pass through our planet again in at least a millennium.Both phenomena will illuminate the night sky between October and November…

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Infobae broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
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