220P/McNaught in a "dust balloon"
Taken by Odd Trondal on August 9, 2026 @ Norway
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First light on my new ZWO ASI174MM Mini Monochrome Astronomy Camera on my old Celestron 14. ( At last the SBIG ST7 CCD from 1996 can retire )

This comet has "17P/Holmes-like" outbursts which I also imaged in 2007.

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.
He is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University (ANU).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._McNaught

Distance from the Sun (au) : 1,65 Perihelion : 14 June 2026 @ 1,56au

Time: 00:335UT 2026-08-09 Exp. 18 x 30 sec.
Tel: C14 @ f/6.6 ZWO ASI174MM Mini @ +17°C 0.52"/pix Paramount GT-1100S
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway

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

Astronomy Picture of the Day 17P/Holmes

Lots of Spaceweather images of this object

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