C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto) (Record n° 21679)
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 m1 0.4 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 5.8 " Coma diameter 4.5 ' Tail position angle
(PA) 330 ° r (dist/Sun) 1.290 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.931 AU Right ascension 21 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 configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter(s) None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade-MCMT-TDM Exposure details 10x45s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog NOMAD
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Remarks or comments Tail 0.55' PA 330 Observation submission date 2020 Feb 27 07h26m59s Observation modification date 2020 Feb 27 07h43m04s