Vietnamese guy 'caught' millennium comet in Himalayas: 'See you in... 1,000 years!'

The Millennium Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6), which will visit Earth after more than 1,000 years, is considered the most beautiful comet of 2025. Many Vietnamese people have observed this comet in late October and early November and captured beautiful moments.

The comet was photographed on the trekking route around the Annapurna mountain range, part of the world's highest mountain range, the Himalayas.

PHOTO: TRAN HAI HUY TRUONG (HHT TRAN)

The comet was closest to Earth on October 21, 2025. Most recently, on November 8, Comet Lemmon reached its closest point to the sun. At perihelion, the comet will be about half the distance from the sun to Earth, or about 79 million kilometers.

Comet Lemmon spent most of October near the Big Dipper constellation. However, the comet gradually moved southward, away from this constellation. By early November, the comet was in front of the faint constellation Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer.

The comet brightened to about magnitude 4, making it a good target even for novice observers. Now, Lemmon is fading a little each day and slowly moving away from us.

Hunting the Millennium Comet in the Himalayas

Recently, images and clips of the Millennium Comet Lemmon from Nepal were shared on social media by Mr. Tran Hai Huy Truong, living in Ho Chi Minh City, and unexpectedly received great attention from the astronomy community.

On the "Annapurna Circuit" trekking route, a long-distance trekking route around the Annapurna mountain range, part of the world's highest mountain range, the Himalayas , a young man from Ho Chi Minh City captured an interesting moment about the Lemmon comet.

The combination of majestic mountain ranges and a beautiful sunset sky with the appearance of a celestial body that has not visited Earth for more than 1,000 years created an impressive moment.

Comet Lemmon photographed in Japan in late October

PHOTO: THANH TUNG

[CLIP]: Vietnamese guy "caught" the millennium comet in the Himalayas: "See you in... 1,000 years!"

"I went to Nepal from mid-October to mid-November, then returned to Vietnam. In October, I started looking for a way to hunt for Comet Lemmon, but the conditions were not favorable. It was not until early November that I was able to catch this comet," Mr. Truong shared.

He added that at the time he took the photo of the comet, he could not see it with the naked eye but only observed it with a camera. In the coming days, he plans to continue taking photos of this comet, while it is moving further and further away from us and will not return until... more than 1,000 years later.

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