Glowing meteor trail photobombs Comet Lemmon in incredible telescope footage. 'A pure perspective miracle'

A glowing meteor trail appears to wrap around the tail of Comet Lemmon as seen by astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project on Oct. 24. (Image credit: Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project)

Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured spectacular footage of a glowing meteor trail wrapping around the colossal tail of Comet Lemmon on Oct. 24, as the wandering solar system body approached the constellation Serpens Caput in Earth's sky.

The bright meteor tore through the night shortly before Masi snapped a two-minute exposure of Comet Lemmon with an astrographic camera operated by the Virtual Telescope Project in Manciano, Italy at 1:43 p.m. EDT (1743 GMT) on Oct. 24.