A SOMERSET photographer has captured a spectacular image of a comet streaking across the night sky from the Mendip Hills.

Photographer Josh Dury captured Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from the Mendip Hills as it brightens in the night sky, visible across the UK ahead of its closest approach to Earth on October 21.

FILE PHOTO - Astro photographer Josh Dury. A skywatcher has captured a jaw-dropping view of a comet from Somerset. Josh Dury used clever camera techniques to document the scene from the Mendip Hills as Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) streaked through the sky. The comet is currently brightening in the night sky and can be seen over the UK as it approaches its closest point to Earth on October 21. He said: "I took this last Sunday ahead of anti-cyclonic gloom, mist and fog and was able to confirm it through aurora reports that evening." Working with challenging dark sky photography, Josh stacked ten images taken at the scene and applied minor contrast and saturation adjustments to reveal faint detail of the comet’s extended tail.
Astro photographer Josh Dury. A skywatcher has captured a jaw-dropping view of a comet from Somerset. (Picture: Josh Dury/SWNS)

He said: "I took this last Sunday ahead of anti-cyclonic gloom, mist and fog and was able to confirm it through aurora reports that evening."

Using dark sky photography techniques, Josh stacked ten images and adjusted contrast and saturation to reveal the comet’s faint tail.

Discovered earlier this year, Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) has brightened rapidly to magnitude 4.8, now visible with binoculars and potentially to the naked eye from dark UK skies.