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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 26 19h04 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.714 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.577 AU
Right ascension60.38604 °
Declination+29.75286 °
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/2016R2 2018/02/26
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK16R020  C2018 02 26.79476 04 01 32.65 +29 45 10.3          15.6 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 26.80029 04 01 32.75 +29 45 15.1          15.6 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 26.80820 04 01 32.95 +29 45 22.0          15.3 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 26.81294 04 01 33.06 +29 45 26.1          15.5 N      K97
    CK16R020  C2018 02 26.81836 04 01 33.18 +29 45 30.8          15.4 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
FilterL
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2340 s
Exposure details39x60s
Moon phase25 °
Moon elongation51 °
Air mass1.15
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
Observation submission date2018 Mar 16 12h20m06s
Observation modification date2018 Mar 16 12h24m26s

(Record n° 18944)

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