C/2026 A2 (Bok) (Record n° 31984)
Perihelion distance : 1.94 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 82 °
Orbital period : 23903 years
Eccentricity : 1
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Oct 15 19h07 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 14.4 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.111 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.774 AU Right ascension 285.19052 ° Declination +63.36302 ° 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 | ABC1939| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-15T19:06:35Z |285.19052 |+63.36302 |0.11 |0.07 |0.13 | Gaia2|14.4 |0.06 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |2.12 | 850| K|
|C/2026 A2 | ABC1939| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-15T19:20:46Z |285.20058 |+63.35861 |0.11 |0.06 |0.13 | Gaia2|14.4 |0.04 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |2.14 | 825| K|
|C/2026 A2 | ABC1939| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-15T19:34:45Z |285.21041 |+63.35424 |0.14 |0.07 |0.15 | Gaia2|14.4 |0.03 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |2.15 | 825| 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 100x25s 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 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 16 05h40m45s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 16 05h42m53s