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Observer

dbartlett

Observed

2026 Jun 17 - 00:00

Uploaded

2026 Jun 27 - 20:18

Objects

220P McNaught

Planetarium overlay

Constellation

Pisces

Field centre

RA: 00^h41^m
Dec: +03°58'
Position angle: -3°17'

Field size

2°14' × 1°39'

Full filename

220p/220p_20260617_dbartlett.jpg

Target name

220P McNaught

Title

AstroBinAstroBin Morning Visitor, Comet 220P/McNaught Displaying Dynamic Views From June 17 2026 B C D E Morning Visitor, Comet 220P/McNaught Displaying Dynamic Views From June 17 2026 2 hours ago 35 views3236×238610.11 MB Dan Bartlett Backyard My Back Yard, June Lake (Ca), US Bortle 2 N Psc 0h 41m 24s · +3° 58' 26? 2.25° × 1.66° 2.50?/px 3.32°N Comet·One-shot color Integration No filter 42×120? 1h 24' 17 Jun 8% Equipment Telescope Celestron RASA 11" Cameras ZWO ASI6200MC Pro ZWO ASI6200MM Pro Mount 10Micron GM2000 HPS II Software Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro (SGP) Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight Objects NGC 186 NGC 193 NGC 199 NGC 202 NGC 203 NGC 204 14.64 58 Concordia Description 220PMcNaught_Tandem_RASA11a_asi6200mcP_asi6200mmP_42x120s_20260617_035349local_JuneLake_California_USA_DEBartlett Morning Visitor, Comet 220P/McNaught Displaying Dynamic Views From June 17 2026 Project Notes: Perihelion for 220P/ McNaught was June 14 2026 Noted Outburst from June 1 indicated the comet reached 8th magnitude. Measured brightness now - magnitude 12.0 Twin scopes with 84minutes of integration time under reasonable Bortle 1-2 skies. Comet aligned and starless integrated image INSET shows teardrop shaped coma. Central spine of dust tail still prominent. Observational details: Backyard setup 2xscopes Tandem: RASA11 D = 279mm; fl =620mm; F# 2.2 camera: asi6200mmP and asi6200mcP Seeing: 3.5/5 Transparency: 8//10 Observer: DEBartlett Location: June Lake, California, USA Image Info: (All images processed solely using PixInsight and Comet Photometry Tycho-Tracker) Full Frame Resampled 2x2 Acquisition...............42x120sec total Resolution ............... 2.501 arcsec/px Rotation ................. -3.318 deg Field of view ............ 2d 14' 52.6" x 1d 39' 26.9" Image center ............. RA: 0 41 23.676 Dec: +3 58 25.91 220P (McNaught) ICQ line: IIIYYYYMnL YYYY MM DD.DD eM/mm.m:r AAA.ATF/xxxx /dd.ddnDC /t.ttmANG ICQ XX*OBSxxf InT APERTURcamchip SFW C ## u.uu xx.x PIXELSIZE 220 2026 06 17.45 C 12.0 AR 28.0T 2B400 1.5 47.7m248 ICQ XX BARaeI a120C 1.50mZCP IMX TYT 0 U9*0.06 12.1 2.5s 2.5 Location: June Lake Overlook (MPC U66); Comment: Comet Alt. 24.2 COD U66 OBS CATALOG: ATLAS2 - BAND: r (Sun Mag=-26.93) 10x10 20x20 30x30 40x40 50x50 60x60 RSR FC COD COMET UTC +/- +/- +/- +/- +/- +/- N FWHM CAT ------------ ------------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- --- 220P 17/06/2026 10:48:51 14.38 13.55 13.13 12.83 12.63 12.47 80.7 18.0 U66 220P 17/06/2026 10:48:51* 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 20 12.4 ATL AFRHO LOG COMET UTC DELTA r AP " MAG RSR CM +/- AFRHO OBS ------------ ------------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- --- ----- ---- ----- --- 220P 17/06/2026 10:48:51 1.49 1.56 18.53 13.64 81 286 31 2.456 U66 Dan More from this user Images in the same area Morning Visitor, Comet 220P/McNaught Displaying Dynamic Views From June 17 2026 AstroBin, © 2010 - 2026 Build: 4f6bc7580721e707178b9362d7fdea137c5e7ace