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260P/McNaught

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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
Afrho error11 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.738 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.941 AU
Right ascension23 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 configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
Filter(s)L
CameraPlayer One IMX571 Mono
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details13x45s
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia EDR3
Used softwaresTycho V13.05
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 May 05 15h46m51s
Observation modification date2026 May 05 15h48m33s

(Record n° 31415)

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