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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 10687.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Feb 21 18h51 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.729 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.519 AU
Right ascension03 59 45.02 h m s
Declination+28 31 07.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.4 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport C/2016 R2 2018/02/21
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK16R020  C2018 02 21.78545 03 59 45.02 +28 31 07.9          15.2 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 21.79721 03 59 45.22 +28 31 18.1          15.3 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 21.82521 03 59 45.69 +28 31 43.3          15.2 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 21.83746 03 59 45.89 +28 31 54.1          15.3 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 21.85954 03 59 46.24 +28 32 13.8          15.3 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 21.87417 03 59 46.48 +28 32 26.5          15.3 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.4
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1480 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.4
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2760 s
Exposure details23x120s
Moon phase119 °
Moon elongation24 °
Air mass1.2
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Remarks or commentsVent du nord est relativement fort Grande proximité de la Lune
Observation submission date2018 Feb 22 13h34m31s
Observation modification date2018 Feb 22 13h41m57s

(Record n° 18891)

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