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C/2026 A1 (MAPS)

Perihelion distance : 0.01 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 144 °
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 06 00h14 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.046 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.259 AU
Right ascension40.32725 °
Declination-14.62708 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON P.Ditz
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport 
ACK MPCReport CodW96-PDI #CK26A010 obs2026-03-06 (L_49x30s_bin3) file updated 2026.03.06 06:55:48
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
    CK26A010 KB2026 03 06.00947 02 41 18.54 -14 37 37.5          15.9 V      W96
    CK26A010 KB2026 03 06.01616 02 41 17.73 -14 37 25.0          15.9 V      W96
    CK26A010 KB2026 03 06.02265 02 41 16.96 -14 37 12.9          16.0 V      W96
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentPlaneWave CDK17
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)430 mm
Instrument focale length2924 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.8
FilterL
CameraQHY 268M
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountAstelco NTM500
Exposure total time1470 s
Exposure details49x30s
Air mass1.87
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSpaceObs Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.79 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Observation submission date2026 Mar 06 12h48m32s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 06 12h54m58s

(Record n° 31050)

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