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C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Perihelion distance : 1.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 88 °
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Aug 14 23h27 UT by Lionel Rousselot


(Copyright Lionel Rousselot)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.4
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
Coma condensation degree (DC)9
r (dist/Sun)13.419 AU
d (dist/Earth)13.394 AU
Right ascension257.84346 °
Declination+59.57628 °
InstrumentSkywatcher 254/1200
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length1080 mm
FilterNone
CameraZWO 1600 monochrome
SensorCCD
Binning2x2
MountAZ eq6
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1200 s
Exposure details10x120s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5
Seeing2
Locationvierzon france
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.45 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Aug 15 16h26m23s

(Record n° 19497)

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