Comet 220P/McNaught
Taken by Jeremy Perez on August 17, 2026 @
Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona, USA
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Date Taken: 2026:08:22 00:02:44
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We had a lull in the North American Monsoon here in Arizona for a couple days and I had a moonless chance to try imaging this one. It would’ve benefited from more time to get better color and IFN detail, but I wanted to work on 10P/Tempel first.
I wasn’t aware that the background would be so interesting and at first was confused that maybe my flat field was really bad or that there were passing clouds and I wasn’t properly normalizing the image. But after starting to stretch it, it was clearly background nebulosity. So fascinating. Also noting just a bit of curvature in the tail.
17 August 2026 / 1023-1130 UTC
Canon EOS R5
ZenithStar 61 II APO
iOptron SkyGuider Pro65 x 60 sec.
Photographer's website:
https://www.perezmedia.net
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