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C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Orbital period : 4436.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Apr 28 09h09 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.4
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.835 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.824 AU
Right ascension23 46 11.03 h m s
Declination-21 48 46.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON Jean-Louis Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2020.04.29 22:40:03
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK20F080  C2020 04 28.38096 23 46 11.03 -21 48 46.3          10.1 V      X03
    CK20F080  C2020 04 28.39231 23 46 13.90 -21 47 41.6          10.2 V      X03
    CK20F080  C2020 04 28.39993 23 46 15.73 -21 46 58.5          10.2 V      X03
    CK20F080  C2020 04 28.40762 23 46 17.68 -21 46 14.8          10.7 V      X03
    CK20F080  C2020 04 28.41525 23 46 19.54 -21 45 31.7          10.6 V      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
Filter(s)L
CameraMoravian G3 KAF 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27x21.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details16x30s
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Image processingPixInsight
Observation submission date2020 Apr 29 22h47m43s
Observation modification date2020 Apr 29 23h18m56s

(Record n° 21952)

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