Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and M16
Taken by Daniele Gasparri on October 17, 2025 @
Atacama region, Chile
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Date Taken: 2025:10:18 16:45:02
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From the Southern Hemisphere, comet Lemmon is (still) out of sight, but another, almost forgotten comet is currently crossing the Milky Way. C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is even visible to the naked eye under the pristine skies of the Atacama Desert, and I captured it while it was (apparently) passing through one of the most iconic and spectacular regions of the sky: the Eagle Nebula.
This image was taken with a 130 mm Newtonian reflector, averaving 40 exposures of 120 seconds each, aligned both on the comet and the stars. It was also an amazing sight through the eyepiece, with its characteristic green coma drifting across one of the most observed nebulae in the sky.
Photographer's website:
https://www.danielegasparri.com
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