3I/ATLAS (Record n° 30986)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Feb 21 18h43 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.95 " r (dist/Sun) 4.315 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.564 AU Right ascension 07 09 16.45 h m s Declination +19 50 45.9 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 14
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.02.23 19:07:37
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0003I KB2026 02 21.77964 07 09 16.45 +19 50 45.9 16.9 R A77
0003I KB2026 02 21.78843 07 09 15.74 +19 50 46.5 16.8 R A77
0003I KB2026 02 21.79719 07 09 14.90 +19 50 46.6 16.9 R A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter(s) None Camera IMX492 Sensor CMOS Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 36x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog APASS
Image resize factor 0.5 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Feb 23 19h08m39s Observation modification date 2026 Feb 23 19h11m57s