C/2016 VZ18 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 17187)
Orbital period : 1997.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Feb 18 19h11 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 15.8 Aperture radius used for m1 0.4 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 0.962 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.695 AU Right ascension 02 09 24.96 h m s Declination +19 26 57.5 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.02.19 07:53:51
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK16V18Z KC2017 02 18.79954 02 09 24.96 +19 26 57.5 18.7 N A77
CK16V18Z KC2017 02 18.81360 02 09 26.06 +19 27 47.4 18.8 N A77
CK16V18Z KC2017 02 18.82762 02 09 27.19 +19 28 38.1 15.8 T A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter(s) None Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 27x120s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.78 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Feb 19 07h57m19s Observation modification date 2017 Feb 19 08h05m04s