C/2025 M2 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 31977)
Perihelion distance : 2.72 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 173 °
Eccentricity : 1
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Oct 14 19h18 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 16 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 4.810 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.895 AU Right ascension 280.15938 ° Declination -21.45314 ° 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/2025 M2 | ABC1935| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-14T19:17:49Z |280.15938 |-21.45314 |0.38 |0.40 |0.55 | Gaia2|15.5 |0.13 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.64 | 800| K|
|C/2025 M2 | ABC1935| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-14T19:31:28Z |280.15850 |-21.45326 |0.32 |0.34 |0.47 | Gaia2|16.1 |0.10 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.44 | 800| K|
|C/2025 M2 | ABC1935| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-14T19:45:06Z |280.15806 |-21.45320 |0.34 |0.36 |0.49 | Gaia2|16.5 |0.19 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.34 | 800| K|Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Picture exposure details 96x25s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 4 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 15 06h13m55s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 15 06h14m50s