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C/2017 M4 (ATLAS)


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IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Oct 31 17h58 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.180 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.186 AU
Right ascension18 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 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 details23x120s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.8 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Oct 31 21h16m40s
Observation modification date2017 Oct 31 21h21m23s

(Record n° 18443)

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