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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 Sep 08 02h18 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 1.468 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.078 AU
Right ascension72.55666 °
Declination+36.57123 °
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
   260P|           | ABC1757| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-08T02:17:32Z   |72.55666   |+36.57123  |0.14 |0.15  |0.21  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.01  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.88  |1050|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1757| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-08T02:36:23Z   |72.56540   |+36.57538  |0.13 |0.16  |0.21  |   Gaia2|15.0 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.95  |1025|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1757| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-08T02:56:19Z   |72.57457   |+36.57973  |0.14 |0.15  |0.20  |   Gaia2|14.9 |0.07  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.91  |1025|    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 time1050 s
Exposure details124x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 08 06h36m23s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 08 06h37m36s

(Record n° 31833)

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