Comet P10 - Tempel

Robin Warnes

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Aug 8th, 2026

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Comet P10 / Tempel with tail.

Taken Thursday 6th August 2026.

West Taratahi Hall - Chester Rd, Masterton NZ

Celestron Origin Scope

30 Subs 10 sec each at 200 ISO

Processed in Siril using: Naztronomy Comet Stack Script, SyQon Prism Mini Denoise, Verelux Hypermetric Stretch, RC Astro BlurXterminator.

Comet 10P/Tempel (also known as Tempel 2) is a large periodic comet that recently passed its peak brightness on August 2–3, 2026. It is currently moving through the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus. It reached perihelion (closest point to the Sun) on August 2 and made its closest approach to Earth on August 3 at a safe distance of approximately 62 million kilometres.