Photographer:
Brian Diettrich
Location of Photo:
Wellington, New Zealand
Date/Time of photo:
Imaged at UTC 2025-09-26 at 7:30:30, Local NZST 2025-09-26 at 19:30 (Wellington, New Zealand)
Equipment:
Acquisition: 203mm Schmidt–Cassegrain (C8) with focal reducer, AVX, ASI294, IR Cut Filter, a stack of 62x30 second frames
Description:
Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) imaged from Wellington, NZ on 26 September and my fifth night of observing the comet. Although the extended tail has faded, the comet overall remained bright and was possibly in a period of outburst. Comet at 17° above the western horizon.
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