• Comet 220P/McNaught (16-June-2026)

    Comet 220P/McNaught is now post-perihelion (14-June-2026) and is still visible with my Vespera 3 telescope. I am now able to observe the comet without the trees being in the way. I obtained the coordinates for the comet from Stellarium (RA/DEC: 00h40m08s; 04°00’15”) and used to create a manual target for the Vespera 3 telescope. The observation was started at 03:29 and allowed continue until 04:00. The sky gets bright really early — it is only a few days before the summer solstice. I processed the composite 188 exposure (1880 sec) TIFF file with PixInsight. The straight out of the telescope (SOOF) JPG and 16-bit RAW/TIFF images are available on my PhotoShelter site.


    Comet 220P/McNaught viewed from my backyard with a Vespera 3 Telescope. Composite of 188 (10 sec) exposures (1880 sec).
    Comet 220P/McNaught viewed from my backyard with a Vespera 3 Telescope. Composite of 188 (10 sec) exposures (1880 sec). Image processed with PixInsight (with grid overlay)

    Comet 220P/McNaught viewed from my backyard with a Vespera 3 Telescope. Composite of 188 (10 sec) exposures (1880 sec).
    Comet 220P/McNaught viewed from my backyard with a Vespera 3 Telescope. Composite of 188 (10 sec) exposures (1880 sec). Cropped image processed with PixInsight (with grid overlay)


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