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C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Oct 30 17h41 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)14.6
Aperture radius used for m10.4 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
Coma diameter0.5 '
Tail length0.017 °
Tail position angle (PA)4 °
r (dist/Sun) 7.923 AU
d (dist/Earth) 8.251 AU
Right ascension17 17 00.72 h m s
Declination+39 05 02.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@free.fr]
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
ACK A77 file updated 2020.10.30 20:29:59
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET NOMAD
    CK17K020  C2020 10 30.73683 17 17 00.72 +39 05 02.7          17.5 V      A77
    CK17K020  C2020 10 30.74817 17 17 01.01 +39 04 58.2          17.6 V      A77
    CK17K020  C2020 10 30.75951 17 17 01.35 +39 04 54.3          17.5 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details8x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Remarks or commentsTail 1' PA 4°
Observation submission date2020 Oct 30 21h22m39s
Observation modification date2020 Oct 30 21h25m23s

(Record n° 22552)

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