Tag: naked-eye astronomy
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Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN: How to Watch the Naked-Eye Flyby on October 21
What is Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)? Comet C/2025 R2, designated SWAN after its discovery name, is a rejuvenated visitor from the solar system’s icy outskirts. Discovered on September 10, 2025 by a Ukrainian amateur astronomer, Vladimir Bezugly, SWAN has brightened rapidly as it travels toward the Sun. As with many comets, its glow comes from…
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How to See Comet Lemmon This October
Introduction: A Once-in-a-Millennium Sky Event Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) has journeyed from the distant edges of the solar system into our night skies, offering a rare astronomical opportunity. After its discovery at Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, the comet has brightened steadily and is now accessible to stargazers with binoculars and, under dark skies, even…
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10 Countries Best Positioned to View 3I/ATLAS With the Naked Eye
Overview: A truly global naked-eye moment 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor predicted to light up the night skies, offers observers across a broad geographic footprint a chance to spot it with the naked eye. With early sky charts from NASA guiding viewing windows and skywatching communities rallying around public events, late October and early November 2025…