C/2026 A1 (MAPS) (Record n° 31147)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Mar 19 00h07 UT by Patrick Ditz
(Copyright Patrick Ditz)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.7 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 0.710 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.209 AU Right ascension 02 14 32.74 h m s Declination -07 32 40.2 ° ' " 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 file CodW96-PDI #CK26A010 obs2026-03-19 (L_52x30s_bin3) updated 2026.03.19 08:27:40
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
CK26A010 KB2026 03 19.00492 02 14 32.74 -07 32 40.2 12.7 r W96
CK26A010 KB2026 03 19.01231 02 14 31.66 -07 32 24.2 12.8 r W96
CK26A010 KB2026 03 19.01899 02 14 30.72 -07 32 09.8 12.7 r W96Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument PlaneWave CDK17 Instrument type Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 430 mm Instrument focale length 2924 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6.8 Filter(s) r Camera QHY 268M Sensor CMOS Sensor size 23.5x15.7 mm2 Sensor pixels number 6252x4176 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Astelco NTM500 Exposure total time 390 s Exposure details 13x30s Air mass 4.2 Observatory MPC code W96 Location SpaceObs Chili Reference stars catalog ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.79 "/pix Image processing Prism11 & Gimp Remarks or comments Comète très basse sur l'horizon, forte turbulence et présence de brume près de l'horizon Observation submission date 2026 Mar 19 17h07m45s Observation modification date 2026 Mar 19 17h11m49s