Raaber Way

Tonight I went out again for C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and decided to try another another spot. The airglow was great again tonight and was shocked that I could actually see it with my own eyes without any magnification. Of course, not like this, but a faint object in the night sky. It's definitely getting brighter.

While I still got some tracked shots of the comet alone, I decided to try something different just to show a blend or composite isn't needed to show this scale. I only shot a series of single exposures and then stacked them before editing.

Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 135 f/1.8 GM
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Tracked: 20x5 seconds - f/2.0 - ISO 6400 (0.5x speed)
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, touched up and cropped to 4x3 in Photoshop

Back at it again! Just a cell phone shot for now.

Super excited for more comet action! Last night I went out for C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and Sh2-27 (faint, but very large nebula) over Mount Meeker (left) and Longs Peak (right).
I have been watching this comet and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) for a little bit and felt so good to finally see it on the back of my camera screen. Once the moon phase is better I will be going for Lemmon and have more shots planned for SWAN.

Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM
STC Multispectra Clip-in Filter
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Tracked Sky: 10x20 seconds - f/2.2 - ISO 6400
Foreground: 240 seconds - f/2.2 - ISO 400
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, touched up and blended in Photoshop