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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 09 20h59 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.5
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.141 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.839 AU
Right ascension279.10044 °
Declination+65.80978 °
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  | ABC1875| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-09T20:59:38Z   |279.10044  |+65.80978  |0.15 |0.09  |0.18  |   Gaia2|14.5 |0.05  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.11  | 925|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1875| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-09T21:16:35Z   |279.11238  |+65.80524  |0.20 |0.16  |0.25  |   Gaia2|14.6 |0.04  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.74  | 925|    K|
       |C/2026 A2  | ABC1875| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-09T21:33:20Z   |279.12419  |+65.80074  |0.21 |0.10  |0.23  |   Gaia2|14.5 |0.03  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |2.02  | 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 details110x25s
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 10 06h12m24s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 10 06h15m32s

(Record n° 31960)

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