Three Green Comets to Grace earth Skies inโฃ Coming Months, One visible to โthe Naked eye
Jakarta โ- โคSkywatchers areโ in โfor a โrare treat as three newly discovered comets – all exhibiting a distinctive green hue -โฃ will make their closest approaches to Earth in the coming months. Thes celestial visitors,โ designated C/2025 A6 Lemmon, C/2025 R2 Swan, โฃand C/2025 K1 Atlas, were all identified this year and promise a impressive show for those looking up.
The mostโฃ anticipated of the trio isโค C/2025 A6 Lemmon,predicted โขto become shining enough to be visible without the aid of binoculars or a telescope. This comet will reach its closest point to Earth on October โ21st, offering optimal viewing conditions as its brightnessโข peaks. It will thenโข make its closest approach to the sun on November 8th. Initially, lemmon wasn’tโ expected to be especially โluminous, but a rapid increase in brightness observed in August suggests a perhaps stunning display. While โฃit may not rival the magnitude of the 1997 “great Comet,” experts believe it will beโข the most impressiveโ comet visible this year.
Discovered justโ weeks ago, on the very day it reached its closest point to the sun, C/2025 R2 Swan was initially obscured by solar glare. Detected by theโค Swan instrument aboardโ NASA’s Solar andโค Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), this comet willโ now be moving away from the sun but closer to Earth, reaching its closest approach on October 20th at โa โคdistance of 39 millionโ kilometers. While not as bright as Lemmon, a slight magnification will โbe helpful for clear viewing.
C/2025 K1 Atlas, though less luminous than the other two, will become brighter as it nears its โคclosest approach โฃtoโข the sun and is expected to be best observed in the weeks ahead before dawn.
