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C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 12049.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Apr 07 09h07 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.1
Aperture radius used for m10.42 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.8
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m25.04 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.178 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.203 AU
Right ascension21 01 43.95 h m s
Declination-13 48 02.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W97
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, B. Sandness, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.38-m f/4.6 Newton + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 5.04"
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 25.2"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.04.07 14:22:10
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
    CK15E61R  C2017 04 07.37961 21 01 43.95 -13 48 02.2          11.8 N      W97
    CK15E61R  C2017 04 07.39017 21 01 47.10 -13 47 45.0          10.1 T      W97
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)380 mm
Instrument focale length1748 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.6
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraQSI 532
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountNova
AutoguideNo
Exposure details10x2mn
Observatory MPC codeW97
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Image resize factor0.5
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.68 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsTracking speeds adjusted on comet movement.
Observation submission date2017 Apr 07 14h52m00s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 16 20h07m29s

(Record n° 17434)

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