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C/2017 O1 (ASASSN)

Orbital period : 6932.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Sep 22 08h28 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.2
Aperture radius used for m10.8 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.7
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.532 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.830 AU
Right ascension04 12 55.94 h m s
Declination+26 07 58.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 0.8'
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.4"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.09.22 12:25:12
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
    CK17O010  C2017 09 22.35270 04 12 55.94 +26 07 58.9          14.7 N      W96
    CK17O010  C2017 09 22.35970 04 12 56.52 +26 08 23.5          12.2 T      W96
    CK17O010  C2017 09 22.36636 04 12 57.02 +26 08 47.2          14.7 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI 532ws-M1
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details12x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.59 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsMount speeds set to follow comet
Observation submission date2017 Sep 22 13h26m58s
Observation modification date2017 Sep 22 14h57m45s

(Record n° 18271)

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