Observation by Chris Schur: Comet: 220P McNaught -Date/Time Local:...

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Observer

Chris Schur

Observed

2026 Aug 25 - 00:00

Uploaded

2026 Sep 06 - 09:14

Objects

220P McNaught

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Constellation

Cetus

Field centre

RA: 03^h08^m
Dec: +09°09'
Position angle: +0°57'

Field size

1°57' × 1°32'

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220p/220p_20260825_cschur.jpg

Target name

220P McNaught

Title

Comet: 220P McNaught -Date/Time Local: 8/25/26 3:15 AM MST -Date/Time UT: 8/25/26 10:15 UT -FOV: 125' x 100' -Orientation: N up -Seeing: 6 -Transparency: 6 -Orig. Scale: 1.6 arcsec/Pixel -Instrument: 10" f/2.9 Newt -Exposure: 1h 15m total LRGB -Camera: Atik 16200 -Location: Payson,AZ Notes: - Last chance before full moon - 1h 15m of darkness - Tail is over 2 deg in length -G2V calibration in image - Tail is yellow colored with cyan coma - used the Nexus 0.75x coma corrector for fast larger field

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