C/2017 M4 (ATLAS) (Record n° 18443)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Oct 31 17h58 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.4 " r (dist/Sun) 5.180 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.186 AU Right ascension 18 27 59.30 h m s Declination +50 41 55.7 ° ' " 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 2017.10.31 21:04:49
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
CK17M040 KC2017 10 31.74849 18 27 59.30 +50 41 55.7 16.7 N A77
CK17M040 KC2017 10 31.78549 18 27 59.87 +50 41 23.7 16.9 N A77
CK17M040 KC2017 10 31.80280 18 28 00.15 +50 41 08.8 16.9 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 23x120s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.8 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Oct 31 21h16m40s Observation modification date 2017 Oct 31 21h21m23s