299P/Catalina-PANSTARRS (Record n° 15776)
Orbital period : 9.19 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Aug 03 21h22 UT by Luc ArnoldNuclear magnitude (m2) 20 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 6.25 " Tail length 0.0028 ° Tail position angle
(PA) 240 ° r (dist/Sun) 3.996 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.026 AU Right ascension 21 42 50.91 h m s Declination -02 08 33.7 ° ' " MPC report COD K25
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr]
OBS L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.20-m f/5.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM CCD SBIG ST10XME
COM Filter clear CLR Astrodon for 299P
COM photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec (5 pixels)
COM images at URL http://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.08.03 23:33:12
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET URAT-1
0299P KC2016 08 03.89013 21 42 50.91 -02 08 33.7 19.7 N K25
0299P KC2016 08 03.92047 21 42 49.75 -02 08 35.4 20.2 N K25
Instrument T205mm f/5.5 Newton Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 1100 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.5 Filter(s) Clear Camera SBIG ST10XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Observatory MPC code K25 Reference stars catalog URAT-1
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA URL for more information or pictures http://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/299P_Catalina-PANSTARRS.html Remarks or comments A thin tail of 10 arcsec long in PA=240° is visible, confirming my observations of July 29. The tail seems to continue up to 40 arcsec in PA=250° Observation submission date 2016 Aug 04 12h33m54s Observation modification date 2016 Aug 04 12h37m52s