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C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)

Perihelion distance : 0.93 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 90 °
Orbital period : 2408 years
Eccentricity : 0.99

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Sep 19 19h37 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.7
Aperture radius for m26.3 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun)51.121 AU
d (dist/Earth)51.011 AU
Right ascension241.04923 °
Declination+56.49304 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode A77
# submitter
! name F. Kugel
# observers
! name F.Kugel
# measurers
! name F. Kugel
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.40
! fRatio 2.8
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.7
! photometry Tycho 13.7
permID |provID     |trkSub  |mode|stn |obsTime                |ra         |dec        |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat  |mag  |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
       |           | C46K1R1| CMO|A77 |2026-09-19T19:36:40Z   |241.04923  |+56.49304  |0.88 |0.89  |1.25  |  ATLAS2|17.8 |0.08  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.22  | 600|    K|
       |           | C46K1R1| CMO|A77 |2026-09-19T19:47:56Z   |241.05285  |+56.48044  |0.81 |0.84  |1.16  |  ATLAS2|17.6 |0.10  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.26  | 600|    K|
       |           | C46K1R1| CMO|A77 |2026-09-19T19:59:12Z   |241.05575  |+56.46774  |0.74 |0.77  |1.07  |  ATLAS2|17.6 |0.10  |  Vj|  ATLAS2| 6.3  |1.26  | 600|    K|
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details60x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 19 21h50m24s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 19 21h52m59s

(Record n° 31900)

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