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C/2026 P2 (PANSTARRS)

Perihelion distance : 2.48 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 63 °
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Aug 22 09h32 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m26.0 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 5.181 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.592 AU
Right ascension29.89679 °
Declination-1.66872 °
MPC report
COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.22 13:10:14
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
    CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.39751 01 59 35.23 -02 19 52.6          18.6 G      X03
    CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.40760 01 59 35.06 -02 19 52.0          18.4 G      X03
    CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.41698 01 59 34.89 -02 19 51.4          18.3 G      X03
    CK26P020 KB2026 08 22.42564 01 59 34.74 -02 19 50.8          18.7 G      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
FilterL
CameraPlayer One IMX571 Mono
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details7x2mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia3E
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia3E
Used softwaresTycho V13.6
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Remarks or commentsPCC P12pb3b
Observation submission date2026 Sep 19 11h12m05s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 19 11h14m54s

(Record n° 31894)

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