C/2026 A2 (Bok) (Record n° 32044)
Perihelion distance : 1.94 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 82 °
Orbital period : 23903 years
Eccentricity : 1
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Oct 31 17h55 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 14.6 Aperture radius for m2 6.3 " Magnitude band Vj r (dist/Sun) 2.042 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.637 AU Right ascension 301.16418 ° Declination +54.79349 ° ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode A77
# submitter
! name F. Kugel
# observers
! name F.Kugel
# measurers
! name F. Kugel
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.40
! fRatio 2.8
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.7
! photometry Tycho 13.7
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
|C/2026 A2 | FD26134| CMO|A77 |2026-10-31T17:55:18.7Z |301.16418 |+54.79349 |0.19 |0.21 |0.28 | APASS|14.6 |0.01 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.91 | 270| K|
|C/2026 A2 | FD26134| CMO|A77 |2026-10-31T18:00:21.2Z |301.16754 |+54.79132 |0.22 |0.22 |0.31 | APASS|14.6 |0.01 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.88 | 270| K|
|C/2026 A2 | FD26134| CMO|A77 |2026-10-31T18:05:20.2Z |301.17085 |+54.78915 |0.22 |0.21 |0.30 | APASS|14.6 |0.01 | Vj| APASS| 6.3 |1.89 | 270| K|
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera IMX492 Sensor CMOS Binning 2x2 Picture exposure details 27x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS Reference stars catalog (phot) APASS Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.84 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Nov 09 18h25m04s Observation modification date 2026 Nov 09 18h30m47s