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C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Jul 20 01h05 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter3.5 '
r (dist/Sun) 0.830 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.076 AU
Right ascension05 06 50.09 h m s
Declination+54 56 05.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file C/2017 S3 2018/07/20
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK17S030  C2018 07 20.04538 05 06 50.09 +54 56 05.4          12.1 N      K97
    CK17S030  C2018 07 20.04783 05 06 51.32 +54 55 59.6          12.0 N      K97
    CK17S030  C2018 07 20.04905 05 06 51.99 +54 55 57.5          12.0 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-12 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time390 s
Exposure details13x30s
Air mass2.2
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Observation submission date2018 Jul 21 14h15m38s
Observation modification date2018 Jul 21 14h20m36s

(Record n° 19368)

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