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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 13 04h26 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 1.484 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.066 AU
Right ascension75.91030 °
Declination+38.10911 °
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|           | ABC1790| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-13T04:26:12Z   |75.91030   |+38.10911  |0.11 |0.26  |0.28  |   Gaia2|15.0 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.99  | 725|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1790| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-13T04:38:27Z   |75.91569   |+38.11162  |0.11 |0.25  |0.27  |   Gaia2|15.0 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.97  | 725|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1790| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-13T04:51:41Z   |75.92146   |+38.11435  |0.13 |0.25  |0.28  |   Gaia2|15.0 |0.08  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.84  | 700|    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 time725 s
Exposure details81x25s
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 13 06h29m30s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 13 06h32m30s

(Record n° 31856)

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