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C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Jul 04 02h26 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.5
Aperture radius used for m11.5 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.5
Aperture radius used for m24 "
Coma diameter3.0 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
r (dist/Sun) 1.176 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.486 AU
Right ascension03 42 37.8 h m s
Declination+59 20 07 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407 F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.29
Filter(s)None
Camerasony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Binning2x2
Mountdobson
MotorizationNo
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time13.8 s
Exposure details55x1/4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4
Seeing2
Moon phase70 °
Moon elongation90 °
Air mass1.3
LocationVersailles
Reference stars catalogGSC (HST)
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.0 "/pix
Image processingalignement, somme, et retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsm1=9.3 visule T407x72 diamètre 5'
Observation submission date2018 Jul 04 18h49m05s

(Record n° 19304)

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