04/06/2026
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I captured Comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS) this morning as it climbed out of the eastern horizon before sunrise. Right now, it’s racing through the inner solar system at tens of thousands of miles per hour, sitting roughly ~100 million miles from Earth as it continues its dive toward the Sun.
You can currently find it in the constellation Pegasus, low in the eastern sky just before dawn. A clear horizon and binoculars (or a telescope) will help bring out its faint coma and developing tail. It’s currently magnitude 6 and should brighten to naked eye visibility in the coming days .
Over the next few weeks, things get exciting:
• It reaches perihelion (closest to the Sun) around April 20
• Makes its closest approach to Earth about a week later (~45 million miles)
• Expected to brighten steadily, with the tail becoming more pronounced as solar heating increases
The comet will be visble in the morning sky for another couple of weeks and then will getvtoo close to the Sun. It should brighten to naked eye visibility at the end of April and into May it will wmwrge from tge Sun as an evening object with better views from the Southern Hemisphere.
Telescope: William Optics Pleiades 111 f/4.8
Camera: Zwo ASI 6200MM Pro
Exposure: 1 x 1min RGB
Mount: Zwo AM5
Guiding: ASI290mini, 30mm scope
Filter: Optolong LRGB
Software: NINA, DSS, Pixinsight
