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C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Jul 15 01h47 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10
Aperture radius used for m11.3 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m213.2 "
Coma diameter4 '
Tail length0.1 °
Tail position angle (PA)300 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.943 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.204 AU
Right ascension04 27 52.53 h m s
Declination+57 18 49.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.06-m f/5.8 refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.07.15 06:08:58
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK17S030  C2018 07 15.07396 04 27 52.53 +57 18 49.0          12.3 V      A77
    CK17S030  C2018 07 15.07918 04 27 54.82 +57 18 42.2          12.2 V      A77
    CK17S030  C2018 07 15.08612 04 27 57.96 +57 18 32.4          10.0 T      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig4
Instrument typeRefractor
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)60 mm
Instrument focale length348 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.8
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details15x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.64 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Jul 15 06h22m26s
Observation modification date2018 Jul 15 06h30m12s

(Record n° 19331)

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