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C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Feb 21 22h19 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter0.3 '
Tail length0.033 °
Tail position angle (PA)149 °
r (dist/Sun) 5.370 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.635 AU
Right ascension07 40 07.24 h m s
Declination+42 02 26.5 ° ' "
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 A1 2018/02/21
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK16A010  C2018 02 21.92989 07 40 07.24 +42 02 26.5          16.8 N      K97
    CK16A010  C2018 02 21.94303 07 40 06.30 +42 02 31.0          16.9 N      K97
    CK16A010  C2018 02 21.95489 07 40 05.45 +42 02 34.9          16.8 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 time1560 s
Exposure details13x120s
Moon phase119 °
Moon elongation68 °
Air mass1.03
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Remarks or commentsVent relativement fort
Observation submission date2018 Feb 22 13h37m32s
Observation modification date2018 Feb 22 13h45m48s

(Record n° 18892)

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