‘Fortunate’ photographer snaps Comet Lemmon over Lancaster sculpture

A photographer says he feels “very lucky” to have captured Comet C/2025 A6 because it appeared over the Lancaster bomber sculpture in Norton Disney.

Also generally known as Comet Lemmon, it was first detected in January by stargazers on the Mount Lemmon Survey within the US.

Steve Fearn, 52, from Lincolnshire, mentioned it was “quite a buzz, capturing something so unique” as he pictured it over the life-size sculpture of the bomber, titled On Freedom’s Wings, which honours RAF crews of World War Two.

The picture additionally reveals a gray mild going throughout the sky, which he mentioned he believed was gas from a Space X rocket.

“Comet Lemon is nice to look at because it has quite a distinctive blue ion tail, so it was quite satisfying,” Mr Fearn added.

“I feel very lucky to have captured it,” he mentioned.

A comet is a big ball of ice, dust and rock that orbits the sun. They are greatest recognized for his or her lengthy tails.

Mr Fearn mentioned the picture was captured by utilizing a monitoring mount, which counters the earth’s rotation and follows objects within the sky.

He added that he had struggled to document the comet on account of latest climate.

He mentioned he had beforehand captured photographs of Comet Neowise and Comet Atlas.

Comet Lemmon got here closest to the earth on 21 October, when it was 56 million miles (90 million km) away. It is predicted to be seen into the beginning of November.