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C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Nov 29 17h44 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun)14.977 AU
d (dist/Earth)15.132 AU
Right ascension17 30 48.28 h m s
Declination+56 14 01.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.11.29 22:25:05
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK17K020 KC2017 11 29.73898 17 30 48.28 +56 14 01.8          18.5 N      A77
    CK17K020 KC2017 11 29.75554 17 30 48.75 +56 14 00.2          18.8 N      A77
    CK17K020 KC2017 11 29.77285 17 30 49.28 +56 13 58.1          18.6 N      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig1
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details34x120s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.8 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Nov 29 22h27m09s
Observation modification date2017 Nov 29 22h50m46s

(Record n° 18572)

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