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C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS)


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IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Oct 03 19h49 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.6
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter7 '
r (dist/Sun) 2.296 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.587 AU
Right ascension14 28 15.37 h m s
Declination-62 19 33.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD 221
CON Friedhelm Hund [FriedhelmHund@gmail.com]
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.50-m f/3 reflector+CCD
ACK MPCReport C/2016 M1 2018/10/03
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK16M010  C2018 10 03.82560 14 28 15.37 -62 19 33.7          16.7 V      221
    CK16M010  C2018 10 03.82803 14 28 15.50 -62 19 35.1          16.6 V      221
    CK16M010  C2018 10 03.83153 14 28 15.63 -62 19 37.0          16.6 V      221
    CK16M010  C2018 10 03.83288 14 28 15.65 -62 19 37.6          16.6 V      221
    CK16M010  C2018 10 03.83316 14 28 15.67 -62 19 38.1          16.6 V      221
InstrumentT500 F/3 Keller
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)500 mm
Instrument focale length1500 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning2x2
MountLiebscher
Exposure total time375 s
Exposure details25x15s
Air mass4.7
Observatory MPC code221
LocationHakos Namibia
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.25 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
URL for more information or pictureshttp://astro-patditz.monsite-orange.fr/
Remarks or commentsCette comète a été observée en Namibie sur le site de l'IAS https://www.ias-observatory.org/index.php/de/sternwarten/hakos La comète était très basse 11° environ
Observation submission date2018 Oct 22 12h36m19s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 31 14h47m09s

(Record n° 19926)

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