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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Perihelion distance : 2.59 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 58 °
Orbital period : 13707 years
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Feb 12 19h26 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.0
Aperture radius for m11.5 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)14.2
Aperture radius for m210 "
Coma diameter3 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)3
r (dist/Sun) 2.759 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.414 AU
Right ascension59.57417 °
Declination+26.23889 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
FilterNone
CameraSony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Binning2x2
MountDobson
MotorizationNo
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time52.3 s
Exposure details25/3+72/2+8s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5
Seeing4
Air mass1.15
LocationCrespières (78)
Reference stars catalog (ast)Tycho-2
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.0 "/pix
Image processingsomme et recallage + gradient retiré
Remarks or commentsmagnitude donnée en Vert, après séparation RGB: mR=12.4, mG=12.0, mB=11.2 image recadrée 20'*40'
Observation submission date2018 Feb 14 15h42m49s

(Record n° 18853)

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