Comet 220P/McNaught
Taken by Odd Trondal on October 30, 2026 @ Norway
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220P/McNaught is a Jupiter-family comet with a 5.5-year orbit around the Sun. It is one of several comets discovered by Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught who is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University (ANU).
Good information here :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/220P/McNaught

Comet's distance from the Sun (au) : 2.02 Perihelion : 14 June 2026 @ 1,56au
Comet's distance from the Sun (au) : 1,82 Perihelion : 14 June 2026 @ 1,56au

Time: 23:23UT 2026-10-30 Exp. 53 x 60sec. IR Pass (685 nm) Filter

Time: 23:29UT 2026-09-21 Filters & Exp.time IR(16x60) G(16x60) B(16x60)Sec.
Tel: C14 @ f/6.6 Camera ASI 174 MM Mini Mono @ +8°C 1"/pix Paramount GT-1100S
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway

Software used:TheSky6,CCDSoft 5, MSB Astroart 2.0, 8.0, Paint

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Lots of Spaceweather images of this object

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Photographer's website:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/odd_trondal/
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