Rare celestial event: Comets SWAN and Lemmon visible this week; here’s how to spot them

Two rare comets are illuminating skies around the world, including India, this week. The comets C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) are currently visible through binoculars from dark-sky locations. They will remain visible throughout this week. Both comets had their closest flyby of Earth recently: SWAN was closest to Earth on Monday, and Lemmon was closest to Earth on Tuesday.

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