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C/2019 J2 (Palomar)

Orbital period : 2030.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2019 Jul 19 20h54 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)17.4
Aperture radius used for m10.8 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)20.7
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.721 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.757 AU
Right ascension14 01 46.61 h m s
Declination+70 44 55.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@free.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
ACK A77 2019.07.20 01:11:15
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
COM  The comet has lost its central condensation and its position is off by dRa-dDe = +1.5' +9.8' 
COM CCD ATIK 460EX No filter
COM Photometry aperture radius used for m2 = 5.8 arcsec (7 pixels, 0.83 arcsec/pix)
NET Gaia DR2
    CK19J020 KC2019 07 19.87110 14 01 46.61 +70 44 55.7          20.6 G      A77
    CK19J020 KC2019 07 19.88864 14 01 43.93 +70 43 42.2          21.0 G      A77
    CK19J020 KC2019 07 19.90617 14 01 41.49 +70 42 26.7          20.6 G      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-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details45x90s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Image resize factor0.5
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2019 Jul 20 01h40m58s
Observation modification date2019 Jul 20 01h46m34s

(Record n° 20829)

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