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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 Nov 01 04h12 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.1
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 4.707 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.063 AU
Right ascension88.63903 °
Declination-1.70732 °
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  | ABC2023| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-01T04:11:46Z   |88.63903   |-1.70732   |0.33 |0.35  |0.48  |   UCAC4|18.0 |0.08  |  Sr|   UCAC4| 7.2  |1.14  |1020|    K|
       |C/2026 S2  | ABC2023| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-01T04:30:03Z   |88.63516   |-1.70843   |0.41 |0.43  |0.59  |   UCAC4|17.9 |0.08  |  Sr|   UCAC4| 7.2  |1.18  | 990|    K|
       |C/2026 S2  | ABC2023| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-01T04:48:04Z   |88.63147   |-1.70965   |0.45 |0.47  |0.65  |   UCAC4|18.3 |0.11  |  Sr|   UCAC4| 7.2  |1.00  | 990|    K|
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Picture exposure details100x30s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC4
Reference stars catalog (phot)UCAC4
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Nov 03 08h19m35s
Observation modification date2026 Nov 04 09h14m48s

(Record n° 32022)

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