C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 18425)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Oct 26 17h59 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.4 " r (dist/Sun) 15.177 AU d (dist/Earth) 15.307 AU Right ascension 17 16 56.77 h m s Declination +57 40 11.7 ° ' " 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 2017.10.27 08:09:30
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK17K020 KC2017 10 26.74919 17 16 56.77 +57 40 11.7 18.6 N A77
CK17K020 KC2017 10 26.76273 17 16 57.10 +57 40 09.6 18.8 N A77
CK17K020 KC2017 10 26.77627 17 16 57.32 +57 40 06.0 18.5 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 9x120s 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 27 08h13m19s Observation modification date 2017 Oct 27 08h14m28s