Some Astrophotography Photos taken in November with my Smart Telescopes

A6 Lemmon taken with Astrophotography Rig (stacked only)

Comet A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan Different Days, Different Telescopes, and Different Locations

I have made observations of C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (Swan) from Columbia, MO with my Seestar S30, Dwarf 3, Unistellar Equinox 2, Celestron Origin, and my Astrophotography Rig on different days. Also, I have a Seestar S50 located at Starfront Observatories in Rockwood, TX which I control remotely. The observations in Columbia, MO were made at my home which has a bortle 7 sky (due to the proximity of a large light source across the street) and I abbreviate this location by COMO. The Starfront Observatories has a bortle 1 sky and I abbreviate it as SFRO. It is interesting to note how the comets change based on day of observation, the telescope that is used and location of the telescope.

I began observing A6 Lemmon on 10/2/2025 when it was visible in the morning sky during the first half of October. It then became visible in the evening sky after sunset after mid October. Comet R2 Swan has been visible in the evening sky from late September 2025.

10/2/2025 A6 Lemmon with Unistellar and S30 at COMO

10/3/2025 A6 Lemmon Dwarf 3, at COMO

10/7/2025, A6 Lemmon S50 at SFRO

10/8/2025 R2 Swan with S50 at SFRO

10/10/2025 R2 Swan with S50 at SFRO

10/14/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with S50 at SFRO

10/17/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with S50 from SFRO

10/19/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with S30 from COMO

10/20/2025 A6 Lemmon with Dwarf 3 from COMO

10/21/2025 A6 Lemmon with Dwarf 3 from COMO

10/27/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with S50 from SFRO

10/28/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with S50 from SFRO

11/2/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with my Astrophotography Rig and my Celestron Origin from COMO

A6 Lemmon using Astrophotography Rig From COMO on 11/2/2025

11/3/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with my S30 from COMO

11/4/2025 A6 Lemmon and R2 Swan with my S50 from SFRO

Using my Astrophotography Rig to Image M27- A comparison to Smart Telescopes

I imaged M27 using my astrophotography rig (see the photo below) because I was interested in a comparison of a full blown rig imaging to smart telescope imaging. M27 gives pretty good images on all of my smart telescopes (Seestar S30 & S50, Dwarf 3, Celestron Origin and Unistellar Equinox 2). My video for the rig can be seen on YouTube and my video for the S50, Unistellar and Celestron can be seen at Smart Telescope Comparison .

My Rig has the following compenents: Apertura 90 mm Triplet telescope ZWO 30F4 Miniscope Zwo ASIAIR Plus Zwo EAF Zwo 174 ASI Guide Camera Zwo ASI 2600MC Pro Zwo AM5 with Tripod Wanderer Flat Panel Svbony SV241 power box Dew heaters.

The processed photos from the session from the rig shows considerable detail. The first photo is what the rig sees in its field of view. The second photo is zoomed into the nebula.

Wide field view of M27 using my Rig.

The zoomed in view of M27. The detail is much better than the smart scopes.

If you are interested in doing your own processing you can use this link up until June 17, 2026: https://we.tl/t-oIeN9rZ0OB