C/2018 W2 (Africano) (Record n° 21053)
Perihelion distance : 1.46 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 117 °
Eccentricity : 1
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2019 Sep 24 19h43 UT by Francois KugelComa Total magnitude (m1) 9.8 Aperture radius for m1 2.5 ' Magnitude (MPC m2) 12.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 24.65 " Coma diameter 5 ' r (dist/Sun) 1.478 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.507 AU Right ascension 4.23829 ° Declination +22.42425 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@free.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel ; J. Caron
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.076-m f/2.5 Camera lens + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2019.09.25 08:55:42
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
CK18W020 KC2019 09 24.82131 00 16 57.19 +22 25 27.3 12.8 V A77
CK18W020 KC2019 09 24.82658 00 16 54.07 +22 24 34.7 13.1 V A77
CK18W020 KC2019 09 24.83185 00 16 51.68 +22 23 35.2 12.9 V A77
Instrumental configuration Config5 Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 76 mm Instrument focale length 190 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.5 Filter None Camera zwo294mc pro Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade-MCMT Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2019 Sep 25 09h01m33s Observation modification date 2019 Sep 25 09h02m59s