Saturday, October 11, was my second morning in a row trying to capture Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon.  This time, my husband and I drove to darker skies with a clear horizon looking out over the water in Bacliff, Texas.  

From Bortle 6 skies, the comet was lovely in my smaller telescope, but I could not spot it in single images with my camera with an 85 mm lens or with the binoculars.

Comparing this image, which uses less data, to the image I got the day before from my driveway with brighter skies, I think you can see that the drive to even slightly darker skies was worth it.

Camera geek info:

• William Optics Zenith Star 73 III APO telescope
• William Optics Flat 73A
• ZWO 2” Electronic Filter Wheel
• Antila RGB filters
• ZWO ASI183MM-Pro-Mono camera
• William Optics Uniguide 32MM F/3.75
• ZWO ASI220MM-mini
• ZWO ASiair Plus
• iOptron CEM40
• Bacliff, Texas Bortle 6 suburban skies

Frames:

• October 11, 2025
  • 50 30 second Gain 150 R lights
  • 30 0.05 second Gain 150 R flats
  • 50 30 second Gain 150 G lights
  • 30 0.02 second Gain 150 G flats
  • 51 30 second Gain 150 B lights
  • 30 0.05 second Gain 150 B flats
  • Matching darks and flat darks from library