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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 Sep 10 20h30 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.309 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.196 AU
Right ascension252.77101 °
Declination+73.43070 °
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  | ABC1764| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-10T20:30:10Z   |252.77101  |+73.43070  |0.23 |0.09  |0.25  |   Gaia2|15.2 |0.04  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.00  |1100|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1764| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-10T20:49:50Z   |252.78057  |+73.42825  |0.23 |0.09  |0.25  |   Gaia2|15.2 |0.02  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.99  |1075|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1764| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-10T21:09:17Z   |252.79012  |+73.42580  |0.20 |0.09  |0.22  |   Gaia2|15.2 |0.04  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.98  |1075|    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 time1100 s
Exposure details130x25s
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 11 07h10m39s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 11 18h25m18s

(Record n° 31842)

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