C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 19394)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2018 Jul 24 02h31 UT by Nicolas Biver
(Copyright Nicolas Biver)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 10.8 Aperture radius used for m1 1.0 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.9 Aperture radius used for m2 6.0 " Coma diameter 2 ' Coma condensation degree
(DC) 3 r (dist/Sun) 0.736 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.977 AU Right ascension 05 42 06.0 h m s Declination +51 44 02 ° ' " Instrumental configuration Config3 Instrument Dobson 407 F/D 4.3 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 407 mm Instrument focale length 1750 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.29 Filter(s) None Camera sony alpha 7s Sensor DC Sensor size 36x24 mm2 Sensor pixels number 4240x2832 Sensor temperature 17 °C Binning 2x2 Mount dobson Motorization No Autoguide No Exposure total time 7.5 s Exposure details 30x1/4s Sky transparency (naked eye max mag) 3.5 Seeing 2 Moon phase 41 ° Moon elongation 148 ° Air mass 2 Location Versailles Reference stars catalog GSC (HST) Used softwares IRIS Resulting picture sampling (scale) 2.07 "/pix Image processing alignement, somme retrait gradient
et alignement sur la comète 2 séries de poses à 2h31.5 et 2h50.4 UT Remarks or comments Noyau secondaire à 13" PA 300° ?
Images réorientées, nord en haut Observation submission date 2018 Jul 24 15h42m05s