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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 15 19h07 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.4
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.111 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.774 AU
Right ascension285.19052 °
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 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 details100x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 16 05h40m45s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 16 05h42m53s

(Record n° 31984)

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