C/2017 D3 (ATLAS) (Record n° 17683)
Orbital period : 4751.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 May 16 01h38 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.1 " r (dist/Sun) 4.973 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.255 AU Right ascension 12 02 15.62 h m s Declination -17 40 06.0 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.16
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
CK17D030 C2017 05 16.06816 12 02 15.62 -17 40 06.0 17.6 N W96
CK17D030 C2017 05 16.08974 12 02 14.80 -17 39 47.0 17.4 N W96
CK17D030 C2017 05 16.11284 12 02 13.91 -17 39 26.0 17.6 N W96
CK17D030 C2017 05 16.13647 12 02 12.99 -17 39 04.5 17.6 N W96
CK17D030 C2017 05 16.15949 12 02 12.12 -17 38 43.1 17.8 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter(s) None Camera ST8300 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA200 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 120s Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.53 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 May 16 06h22m14s Observation modification date 2017 May 16 06h31m16s