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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 10687.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Oct 21 07h16 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.988 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.406 AU
Right ascension03 38 23.46 h m s
Declination-41 19 39.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.10.21 11:20:29
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK16R020 KC2016 10 21.30257 03 38 23.46 -41 19 39.0          17.1 N      W96
    CK16R020 KC2016 10 21.33205 03 38 22.29 -41 19 43.5          17.0 N      W96
InstrumentRC 400 Marcon customed by A.Maury
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI583
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details48x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.56 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (gradient, levels, crop)
Observation submission date2016 Oct 21 11h23m05s
Observation modification date2016 Oct 21 11h52m43s

(Record n° 16363)

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