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C/2026 A2 (Bok)

Perihelion distance : 1.94 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 82 °
Orbital period : 23903 years
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Oct 01 22h11 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.7
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.183 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.934 AU
Right ascension271.08402 °
Declination+68.53098 °
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  | ABC1850| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-01T22:10:42Z   |271.08402  |+68.53098  |0.16 |0.25  |0.30  |   Gaia2|14.7 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.09  | 925|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1850| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-01T22:28:50Z   |271.09685  |+68.52704  |0.17 |0.22  |0.27  |   Gaia2|14.7 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.02  | 925|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1850| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-01T22:50:43Z   |271.11170  |+68.52233  |0.17 |0.22  |0.27  |   Gaia2|14.7 |0.02  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.03  | 900|    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 details41x25s
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 Oct 02 06h09m21s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 02 14h41m05s

(Record n° 31934)

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