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Observation by tlovejoy: C/2026 A1 (MAPS) : March 14.40 UT, 2026....

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Observer

tlovejoy

Observed

2026 Mar 14 - 00:00

Uploaded

2026 Mar 23 - 22:24

Objects

C/2026 A1

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Constellation

Cetus

Field centre

RA: 02h24m
Dec: -10°09'
Position angle: +94°53'

Field size

0°15' × 0°15'

Full filename

2026a1/2026a1_20260314_tlovejoy.jpg

Target name

C/2026 A1

Title

C/2026 A1 (MAPS) : March 14.40 UT, 2026. Image acquired remotely using the 0.51m f6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph at iTelescopes's Siding Spring facility, NSW, Australia. 4 x 180 sec green filtered and 3 x 180sec clear filtered exposures were stacked and the final image shown here is cropped to 15 x 15'. Using the green filter exposures the total magnitude was estimated as 10.2 with a coma of 6'. The ion tail as seen here extends in PA 95 degrees for perhaps 10' or even more. Center (RA, Dec): (36.202, -10.153) Center (RA, hms): 02h 24m 48.390s Center (Dec, dms): -10° 09' 09.366" Size: 15 x 15 arcmin Radius: 0.177 deg Pixel scale: 1.08 arcsec/pixel "Orientation", may be incorrect, use at your own risk: Up is 265.3 degrees E of N

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C/2026 A1 (MAPS) : March 14.40 UT, 2026. Image acquired remotely using the 0.51m f6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph at iTelescopes's Siding Spring facility, NSW, Australia. 4 x 180 sec green filtered and 3 x 180sec clear filtered exposures were stacked and the final image shown here is cropped to 15 x 15'. Using the green filter exposures the total magnitude was estimated as 10.2 with a coma of 6'. The ion tail as seen here extends in PA 95 degrees for perhaps 10' or even more. Center (RA, Dec): (36.202, -10.153) Center (RA, hms): 02h 24m 48.390s Center (Dec, dms): -10° 09' 09.366" Size: 15 x 15 arcmin Radius: 0.177 deg Pixel scale: 1.08 arcsec/pixel "Orientation", may be incorrect, use at your own risk: Up is 265.3 degrees E of N
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