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Comet C\/2025 A6 (Lemmon) has very quickly become one of the most talked-about stargazing highlights of 2025.<\/p>\n

This week, it’s been at its best, leading many comet-chasers to remove themselves to dark-sky sites away from light pollution, in the hope of seeing it through their binoculars, telescopes, or even with the naked eye.<\/p>\n

\"CometCredit: Gergely T\u00f3th<\/p>\n

As with all comets, photographs show off the beauty of its fuzzy nucleus and long tail much better than the naked eye can see.<\/p>\n

One photographer who really pushed the boat out to capture Comet Lemmon is Osama Fathi, who photographed it from one of Earth’s darkest locations<\/p>\n

Fathi, who posts many of his images via his Instagram handle @osama.fathi.nsw<\/a>, captured an image of C\/2025 A6 (Lemmon)<\/a> between the constellations Ursa Major<\/a> and Bo\u00f6tes<\/a> from the Fayoum Desert, Egypt.<\/p>\n

Also visible in the image is bright star Arcturus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CometComet C\/2025 A6 (Lemmon) between the constellations Ursa Major and Bo\u00f6tes, captured by Osama Fathi from the Fayoum Desert, Egypt, 18 October 2025, 19:30 local time. Equipment: Nikon Z6 modified camera, Nikkor 14\u201324mm f\/2.8 lens. Exposure: ISO 1600, 20\u00d730s exposures stacked<\/p>\n

The image was captured just after sunset at about 19:30 local time.<\/p>\n

“The comet\u2019s delicate blue tail rises from the horizon of Egypt\u2019s Fayoum Desert, blending with the fading twilight,” Fathi says.<\/p>\n

“That night near the silent cliffs of Qatrani Mountain, the air was still except for the soft whisper of desert wind brushing across the sands.<\/p>\n

\"CometCredit: Osama Fathi<\/p>\n

“We had come there with one purpose \u2013 to chase the light of a traveler from deep space: comet C\/2025 A6 (Lemmon).\u2028Just after sunset, the comet appeared low on the horizon, suspended between Ursa Major, the Great Bear, and Bo\u00f6tes, the Watcher of the North.<\/p>\n

“Its tail shimmered faintly in the Egyptian twilight, a soft, ethereal brushstroke above the ancient desert.<\/p>\n

“The location itself feels timeless: Qatrani Mountain is one of Egypt\u2019s richest fossil sites, where the traces of early humans and prehistoric creatures lie beside remnants of Greco-Roman temples.<\/p>\n

\"CometCredit: Osama Fathi<\/p>\n

“We went there specifically that night to photograph two comets, one of them being Lemmon.<\/p>\n

“Using three lenses \u2013 24mm, 135mm and250 mm \u2013 we captured different perspectives of its passage.<\/p>\n

“The image combines 20 stacked exposures (30 seconds each), carefully processed to preserve the natural colour of the sky and the spirit of the desert night.<\/p>\n

“It was a night where time seemed to slow \u2014 only the wind, the foxes, and the faint light of a comet crossing the heavens.”<\/p>\n

Capture info<\/p>\n

Equipment: Nikon Z6 modified camera, Nikkor 14\u201324mm f\/2.8 lens
\nEzposure: ISO 1600, 20\u00d730s exposures stacked
\nDate and time: 18 October 2025, 19:30 local time<\/p>\n

Have you got an amazing astro image you’d like to share? Send us your images<\/a> and they could appear in a future issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/p>\n