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253P/PANSTARRS

Perihelion distance : 2.02 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 5 °
Orbital period : 6.45 years
Eccentricity : 0.42

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Oct 19 20h45 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.058 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.193 AU
Right ascension348.51075 °
Declination-10.46733 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.255-m f/3.6 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.10.19
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
    PK11R020 KC2011 10 19.86440 23 14 02.58 -10 28 02.4          17.4 N      C10
    PK11R020 KC2011 10 19.88143 23 14 02.62 -10 28 03.2          17.3 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.6
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2400 s
Exposure details22 x 120s
Seeing2
Moon elongation127 °
Air mass1.96
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.04 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2011 Oct 20 12h04m46s
Observation modification date2011 Oct 27 21h34m24s

(Record n° 4959)

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