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260P/McNaught

Perihelion distance : 1.42 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 15 °
Orbital period : 6.9 years
Eccentricity : 0.61

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Oct 20 02h27 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.8
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 1.647 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.997 AU
Right ascension93.66371 °
Declination+47.06345 °
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
   260P|           | ABC1972| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-20T02:26:49Z   |93.66371   |+47.06345  |0.16 |0.15  |0.22  |   Gaia2|15.7 |0.05  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.86  | 925|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1972| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-20T02:43:46Z   |93.66670   |+47.06604  |0.18 |0.18  |0.25  |   Gaia2|15.8 |0.06  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.84  | 925|    K|
   260P|           | ABC1972| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-20T03:00:29Z   |93.66961   |+47.06862  |0.18 |0.17  |0.25  |   Gaia2|15.8 |0.08  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.85  | 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 factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 20 07h15m42s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 20 08h02m33s

(Record n° 31996)

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