Astrophotographer Brennan Gilmore has captured spectacular views of the solar wind stripping a vast section from C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)'s tail, as the icy wanderer continues to brighten ahead of its close approach to Earth on Oct. 21.

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Comet Lemmon has brightened dramatically since its discovery on Jan. 3,, raising hopes that it could become a spectacular naked eye comet in October as it nears the closest point to the sun in its 1,350-year orbit on Nov. 8 — a point known as perihelion.

Gilmore's image gives us a spectacular view of Comet Lemmon's glowing green coma as it passed close to the bright star TW Leonis

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