260P/McNaught (Record n° 31415)
Orbital period : 6.90 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 May 05 09h45 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.0 " Afrho error 11 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.738 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.941 AU Right ascension 23 05 38.10 h m s Declination -15 13 09.9 ° ' " MPC report COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.05 15:26:58
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0260P KB2026 05 05.40597 23 05 38.10 -15 13 09.9 17.3 G X03
0260P KB2026 05 05.41315 23 05 39.19 -15 13 01.5 17.3 G X03
0260P KB2026 05 05.42005 23 05 40.22 -15 12 53.4 17.4 G X03
0260P KB2026 05 05.42695 23 05 41.25 -15 12 45.2 17.2 G X03
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 360 mm Instrument focale length 1728 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.8 Filter(s) L Camera Player One IMX571 Mono Sensor CMOS Sensor size 23.5x15.7 mm2 Sensor pixels number 6252x4176 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 13x45s Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog Gaia EDR3
Used softwares Tycho V13.05 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.86 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 May 05 15h46m51s Observation modification date 2026 May 05 15h48m33s