C/2017 S6 (Catalina) (Record n° 18376)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Oct 17 03h18 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.56 " r (dist/Sun) 2.342 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.888 AU Right ascension 06 40 18.95 h m s Declination +53 38 02.4 ° ' " 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 2017.10.17 07:50:39
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK17S060 KC2017 10 17.13744 06 40 18.95 +53 38 02.4 18.2 N A77
CK17S060 KC2017 10 17.14556 06 40 17.82 +53 38 15.7 18.1 N A77
CK17S060 KC2017 10 17.15368 06 40 16.74 +53 38 29.8 18.2 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter(s) L Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 10x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.8 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Oct 17 08h01m30s Observation modification date 2017 Oct 17 08h05m28s