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C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Feb 27 04h38 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)14.8
Aperture radius used for m10.4 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
Coma diameter4.5 '
Tail position angle (PA)330 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.290 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.931 AU
Right ascension21 33 37.31 h m s
Declination+75 08 55.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@free.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
ACK A77 file updated 2020.02.27 07:17:40
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
COM CCD ATIK 460EX No filter
COM Photometry aperture radius used for m2 = 5.8 arcsec (7 pixels, 0.83 arcsec/pix)
COM Photometry aperture radius used for m1 = 0.415 arcmin (30 pixels, 0.83 arcsec/pix)
NET NOMAD
    CK20A020 KC2020 02 27.19320 21 33 37.31 +75 08 55.5          14.8 T      A77
    CK20A020 KC2020 02 27.19644 21 33 42.94 +75 09 11.0          17.0 V      A77
    CK20A020 KC2020 02 27.19971 21 33 48.46 +75 09 26.5          17.0 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details10x45s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Remarks or commentsTail 0.55' PA 330
Observation submission date2020 Feb 27 07h26m59s
Observation modification date2020 Feb 27 07h43m04s

(Record n° 21679)

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