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C/2017 K4 (ATLAS)

Orbital period : 153.20 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 May 30 01h28 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.486 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.515 AU
Right ascension17 10 08.00 h m s
Declination-39 01 47.7 ° ' "
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 2017.05.30
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK17K040  C2017 05 30.06104 17 10 08.00 -39 01 47.7          16.5 R      W96
    CK17K040  C2017 05 30.07173 17 10 07.62 -39 01 46.4          16.3 R      W96
    CK17K040  C2017 05 30.08399 17 10 07.18 -39 01 45.1          16.4 R      W96
    CK17K040  C2017 05 30.09616 17 10 06.70 -39 01 43.3          16.5 R      W96
    CK17K040  C2017 05 30.10840 17 10 06.14 -39 01 42.1          16.2 R      W96
    CK17K040  C2017 05 30.12689 17 10 05.54 -39 01 39.7          16.4 R      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraST8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 120s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Jun 02 11h41m23s
Observation modification date2017 Jun 02 12h06m39s

(Record n° 17768)

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