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C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Jul 17 02h17 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.4
Aperture radius used for m11.3 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m213.2 "
Coma diameter7 '
Tail length0.84 °
Tail position angle (PA)298 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.899 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.153 AU
Right ascension04 43 08.21 h m s
Declination+56 30 30.8 ° ' "
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 2018.07.17 05:58:56
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK17S030  C2018 07 17.09498 04 43 08.21 +56 30 30.8          12.0 V      A77
    CK17S030  C2018 07 17.10312 04 43 12.01 +56 30 17.4          11.9 V      A77
    CK17S030  C2018 07 17.11008 04 43 15.26 +56 30 07.7          12.0 V      A77
    CK17S030  C2018 07 17.11793 04 43 18.86 +56 29 54.5           9.4 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-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details5x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.64 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Jul 17 06h04m25s
Observation modification date2018 Jul 17 06h48m05s

(Record n° 19342)

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