Comet 220P McNaught
in the morning sky
6/4/26

 

            
This comet has exploded
            in brightness in a few days around June 2nd due to a possible
            cave collapse event when near perihelion. Was 18th magnitude
            and raced upwards to mag 8 in those two days. It has stabilized
            around that and once the huge bright moon goes dim, we can get
            a clearer shot. This was with an 85% moon nearby. The comet is
            a morning sky target, just south of the circlet of Pisces.

            
-Comet: 220P McNaught

            -Date/Time Local: 6/4/26 3:12 am MST

            -Date/Time UT: 6/4/26 10:12 UT

            -FOV: 1.7 x 1.2 deg

            -Orientation: N up

            -Seeing:2

            -Transparency: 4

            -Scale: 4.4 arcsec/Pixel

            -Instrument: RASA 8 f/2

            -Exposure: 32 total 

            -Camera: ASI2600MC

            -Location: Payson,AZ

            
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Lens:  8 f/2 RASA Schmidt
Camera: ASI2600 MC
Platform:  Ioptron GEM45
Exposure:  32mins
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  55F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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