C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 18572)
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 deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.4 " r (dist/Sun) 14.977 AU d (dist/Earth) 15.132 AU Right ascension 17 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 configuration Config1 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter(s) L Camera ATIK460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 34x120s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.8 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Nov 29 22h27m09s Observation modification date 2017 Nov 29 22h50m46s