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C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Mar 14 20h56 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter0.4 '
Tail length0.025 °
Tail position angle (PA)146 °
r (dist/Sun) 5.391 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.957 AU
Right ascension07 19 43.22 h m s
Declination+43 30 27.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.4 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport C/2016A1 2018/03/14
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK16A010  C2018 03 14.87241 07 19 43.22 +43 30 27.7          17.0 N      K97
    CK16A010  C2018 03 14.89846 07 19 42.04 +43 30 32.4          17.0 N      K97
    CK16A010  C2018 03 14.91579 07 19 41.22 +43 30 35.1          17.0 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.4
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1480 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.4
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time3060 s
Exposure details25x180s
Air mass1.05
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Observation submission date2018 Mar 15 15h19m01s
Observation modification date2018 Mar 15 15h22m44s

(Record n° 18942)

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