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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital period : 10687.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Feb 17 20h04 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.7
Aperture radius used for m11.5 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.5
Aperture radius used for m28 "
Coma diameter2 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)3
Tail length0.2 °
Tail position angle (PA)95 °
r (dist/Sun) 2.742 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.472 AU
Right ascension03 58 49.4 h m s
Declination+27 31 39.7 ° ' "
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson T407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.29
Filter(s)None
CameraSony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Binning2x2
MountDobson
MotorizationNo
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time130.8 s
Exposure details55*1/3+169*1/2+26*1+2sec
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5.5
Seeing3
Moon phase25 °
Air mass1.2
LocationBoulonville (28)
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.0 "/pix
Image processingsomme, alignement et retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsMagnitude en niveaux de gris = voie verte: mG=11.7 mR=12.5, mB=11.2 Queue 2' en R et 11' en B!
Observation submission date2018 Feb 19 15h28m58s

(Record n° 18881)

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