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Green Comet Lemmon Makes Brief Appearance Over Bengaluru

Its vivid hue comes from diatomic carbon fluorescing under ultraviolet sunlight.

Overview

  • The faint visitor C/2025 A6 was seen low over the city’s western horizon on Saturday evening for only minutes before setting.
  • Astrophotographer Deepak Choudhary captured a green coma and a short, faint dust tail from a Bengaluru rooftop.
  • Residents shared images and reactions on social media as the comet briefly cleared the skyline.
  • The comet was discovered in January 2025 by the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona.
  • It remains observable to Northern Hemisphere viewers with binoculars, though its brightness fluctuates due to outgassing.