Home

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Perihelion distance : 0.29 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 129 °
Orbital period : 6257 years
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Jul 28 22h13 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)5.3
Aperture radius for m14.5 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)10.3
Aperture radius for m26 "
Coma diameter7.5 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)4
Tail length1 °
Tail position angle (PA)70 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.740 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.725 AU
Right ascension180.14 °
Declination+33.82833 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson T407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
FilterNone
CameraSony alpha 7s
SensorDC
Sensor size36x24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240x2832
Sensor temperature13 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson sur Table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time47 s
Exposure details6*2s+15*1.6s+11*1s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)5
Seeing4
Moon phase71 °
Air mass2
LocationCrespières
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbinning, flat, alignement somme. 3 séries alignées sur la comète, photométrie sur la 3e (poses plus courtes)
Observation submission date2020 Aug 03 20h59m27s

(Record n° 22234)

Home