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C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 12049.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Jul 28 08h52 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.6
Aperture radius used for m10.8 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.640 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.659 AU
Right ascension03 22 26.99 h m s
Declination+22 27 20.2 ° ' "
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 2017.07.28 12:40:34
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
    CK15E61R  C2017 07 28.36945 03 22 26.99 +22 27 20.2          14.8 N      W96
    CK15E61R  C2017 07 28.38447 03 22 28.40 +22 27 24.1          12.6 T      W96
    CK15E61R  C2017 07 28.40116 03 22 29.96 +22 27 28.7          14.8 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details41x1mn
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 (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2017 Jul 28 12h48m29s
Observation modification date2017 Jul 28 22h43m00s

(Record n° 17991)

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