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C/2026 S2 (ATLAS)

Perihelion distance : 4.38 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 158 °
Orbital period : 3168 years
Eccentricity : 0.99

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Oct 16 03h37 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.4
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 4.756 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.358 AU
Right ascension92.74119 °
Declination-0.21107 °
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 S2  | ABC1943| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:36:40Z   |92.74119   |-0.21107   |0.39 |0.42  |0.57  |   Gaia2|18.4 |0.15  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.18  | 925|    K|
       |C/2026 S2  | ABC1943| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:53:35Z   |92.73863   |-0.21236   |0.36 |0.40  |0.54  |   Gaia2|18.4 |0.11  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.20  | 925|    K|
       |C/2026 S2  | ABC1943| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T04:10:17Z   |92.73623   |-0.21340   |0.43 |0.46  |0.63  |   Gaia2|18.5 |0.24  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.16  | 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 16 05h40m45s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 16 05h44m27s

(Record n° 31986)

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