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220P/McNaught

Perihelion distance : 1.56 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 8 °
Orbital period : 5.51 years
Eccentricity : 0.5

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Aug 06 01h42 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)7
Aperture radius for m14.75 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)9.8
Magnitude standard deviation1.4
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Coma diameter8.58 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.641 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.240 AU
Right ascension39.75392 °
Declination+9.47144 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
COM Comet outburst, m2 : 10.6 (+/-0.4) (with A.Radius : 6.75"), m1 : 7 (with A.Radius : 4.75\'), Coma : 8.58\'
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.06 13:51:27
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0220P         C2026 08 06.07082 02 39 00.94 +09 28 17.2          10.4 r      L27
0220P         C2026 08 06.07986 02 39 01.75 +09 28 16.6          10.6 r      L27
0220P        KC2026 08 06.08336 02 39 02.32 +09 28 19.2           7.0 r      L27
0220P         C2026 08 06.09175 02 39 03.20 +09 28 23.1          10.8 r      L27
0220P         C2026 08 06.09589 02 39 03.79 +09 28 18.1          10.4 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsBad seeing
Observation submission date2026 Aug 06 14h43m26s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 06 16h26m06s

(Record n° 31719)

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