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C/2026 A2 (Bok)

Perihelion distance : 1.94 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 82 °
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Aug 31 22h52 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.4
Aperture radius for m2 7.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.375 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.318 AU
Right ascension246.62587 °
Declination+75.01016 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID     |trkSub  |mode|stn |obsTime                |ra         |dec        |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat  |mag  |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1730| CMO|Y87 |2026-08-31T22:51:35Z   |246.62587  |+75.01016  |0.24 |0.14  |0.27  |   Gaia2|15.4 |0.01  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.87  | 760|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1730| CMO|Y87 |2026-08-31T23:05:39Z   |246.63147  |+75.00852  |0.23 |0.15  |0.28  |   Gaia2|15.4 |0.02  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.87  | 760|    K|
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 total time 760 s
Exposure details113x20s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 01 06h48m46s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 04 21h13m21s

(Record n° 31814)

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