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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 14 20h14 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.1
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.284 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.146 AU
Right ascension255.75862 °
Declination+72.69349 °
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  |  TR0000| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-14T20:14:26Z   |255.75862  |+72.69349  |0.17 |0.11  |0.20  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.01  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.00  |1100|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  |  TR0000| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-14T20:37:03Z   |255.77077  |+72.69039  |0.16 |0.11  |0.20  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.06  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.01  |1075|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  |  TR0000| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-14T20:59:20Z   |255.78276  |+72.68734  |0.16 |0.11  |0.19  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.06  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.01  |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 15 05h15m37s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 15 05h16m53s

(Record n° 31863)

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