C/2026 A1 (MAPS) (Record n° 31013)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Feb 26 18h33 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.75 " r (dist/Sun) 1.228 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.276 AU Right ascension 02 56 04.42 h m s Declination -18 18 05.4 ° ' " MPC report COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.02.27 09:02:56
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
CK26A010 KC2026 02 26.77323 02 56 04.42 -18 18 05.4 17.5 r L27
CK26A010 KC2026 02 26.78338 02 56 03.11 -18 17 47.0 17.4 r L27
CK26A010 KC2026 02 26.79335 02 56 01.81 -18 17 29.4 17.6 r L27
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 875 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Filter(s) None Camera ATIK 414 EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Exposure details 80 x 30s Observatory MPC code L27 Location Dauban Reference stars catalog ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.5 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Feb 27 09h26m06s Observation modification date 2026 Feb 27 09h45m25s