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C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Oct 24 18h18 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun)15.189 AU
d (dist/Earth)15.316 AU
Right ascension17 16 17.32 h m s
Declination+57 46 53.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.10.25 09:02:46
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK17K020 KC2017 10 24.76229 17 16 17.32 +57 46 53.3          18.6 N      A77
    CK17K020 KC2017 10 24.77883 17 16 17.73 +57 46 50.0          18.6 N      A77
    CK17K020 KC2017 10 24.79538 17 16 17.97 +57 46 46.1          18.5 N      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig1
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)L
CameraAtik460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details33x120s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.8 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Oct 25 09h04m26s
Observation modification date2017 Oct 25 09h23m09s

(Record n° 18411)

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