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C/2018 A3 (ATLAS)

Orbital period : 8678.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Jun 22 21h51 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.795 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.237 AU
Right ascension10 25 41.86 h m s
Declination+34 59 35.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport C/2018 A3 2018/06/22
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK18A030  C2018 06 22.91013 10 25 41.86 +34 59 35.7          17.4 N      K97
    CK18A030  C2018 06 22.91607 10 25 41.76 +34 59 34.7          17.5 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-18 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time840 s
Exposure details7x120s
Moon phase45 °
Moon elongation66 °
Air mass2.3
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Remarks or commentsConditions d'observation très difficile: Lune + comète basse sur l'horizon
Observation submission date2018 Jun 23 11h46m47s
Observation modification date2018 Jun 23 11h50m19s

(Record n° 19266)

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