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C/2018 W2 (Africano)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2019 Aug 25 00h58 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m27.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.464 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.157 AU
Right ascension03 44 15.46 h m s
Declination+56 51 24.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD B83
CON Thierry NOEL [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.20-m f/5.0 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 7.4"
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 0.9'
ACK MPCReport file updated 2019.08.25 14:47:46
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK18W020  C2019 08 25.04029 03 44 15.46 +56 51 24.9          14.6 R      B83
    CK18W020  C2019 08 25.04855 03 44 13.81 +56 51 19.9          14.7 R      B83
    CK18W020  C2019 08 25.05843 03 44 11.83 +56 51 13.9          15.1 R      B83
InstrumentGSO JMLecleire
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.0
Filter(s)None
CameraSBIG ST7-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9x4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765x510
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountAtlas-EQG
AutoguideYes
Exposure details25x1mn
Observatory MPC codeB83
LocationGières 38610 France
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.85 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2019 Aug 25 14h52m13s
Observation modification date2019 Aug 25 18h10m31s

(Record n° 20918)

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