C/2026 A2 (Bok) (Record n° 31842)
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 m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.309 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.196 AU Right ascension 252.77101 ° 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 type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Exposure total time 1100 s Exposure details 130x25s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 11 07h10m39s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 11 18h25m18s