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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

29 June 2026, 1039UT

Equipment:

91mm f/4.9 Refractor and ASI533MM camera

Description:

On the morning of June 29 Comet 260P/McNaught was magnitude 14.8 with a coma 0.5' wide and a short tail 1' (0.0167 degrees) long. The comet will reach perihelion in its orbit 131 million miles from the Sun on August 5 and may brighten to magnitude 13. The comet will make its close approach to Earth 91 million miles away on November 9 but will have faded to magnitude 15.