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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 21 04h15 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.1
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 1.512 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.049 AU
Right ascension80.85877 °
Declination+40.34459 °
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|           | ABC1830| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-21T04:14:46Z   |80.85877   |+40.34459  |0.29 |0.23  |0.37  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.16  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.96  | 600|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1830| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-21T04:24:55Z   |80.86285   |+40.34644  |0.28 |0.22  |0.36  |   Gaia2|15.2 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.91  | 600|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1830| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-21T04:34:50Z   |80.86684   |+40.34830  |0.28 |0.22  |0.36  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.94  | 575|    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
Picture exposure details71X25S
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 21 05h28m29s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 21 05h37m37s

(Record n° 31909)

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