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C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)


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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun)15.177 AU
d (dist/Earth)15.307 AU
Right ascension17 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 configurationConfig1
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)L
CameraAtik460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details9x120s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.8 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Oct 27 08h13m19s
Observation modification date2017 Oct 27 08h14m28s

(Record n° 18425)

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