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260P/McNaught

Perihelion distance : 1.42 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 15 °
Orbital period : 6.9 years
Eccentricity : 0.61

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Jul 17 03h43 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.434 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.270 AU
Right ascension34.61379 °
Declination+15.27397 °
MPC report
COD Y87
CON J.-G. Bosch
OBS J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.25-m f/4.75 reflector + CMO
NUM 18
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.07.17 08:26:29
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jgbosch@free.fr
0260P        KB2026 07 17.15488 02 18 27.31 +15 16 26.3          15.3 G      Y87
0260P        KB2026 07 17.16017 02 18 28.27 +15 16 34.7          15.5 G      Y87
0260P        KB2026 07 17.16636 02 18 29.28 +15 16 44.6          15.6 G      Y87
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Exposure details67x20s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Jul 17 08h29m02s
Observation modification date2026 Jul 17 21h17m46s

(Record n° 31675)

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