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C/2020 Q1 (Borisov)

Perihelion distance : 1.31 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 143 °
Orbital period : 450.5 years
Eccentricity : 0.98

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Aug 19 02h16 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)15.9
Aperture radius for m10.4 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)17.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.317 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.442 AU
Right ascension83.5465 °
Declination+30.95725 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@free.fr]
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
ACK PCCP file updated 2020.08.19 05:29:56
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
COM Coma around 2' No Tail
COM CCD ATIK 460EX exposure  = 1x90s each (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 = 0.4 arcmin (25 pixels, 0.83 arcsec/pix)
NET PPMXL
    CK20Q010  C2020 08 19.09466 05 34 11.16 +30 57 26.1          17.8 V      A77
    CK20Q010  C2020 08 19.09850 05 34 10.96 +30 57 36.4          17.9 V      A77
    CK20Q010  C2020 08 19.10509 05 34 10.60 +30 57 51.5          18.0 V      A77
    CK20Q010  C2020 08 19.10988 05 34 10.35 +30 58 02.2          17.9 V      A77
    CK20Q010  C2020 08 19.11465 05 34 10.12 +30 58 13.2          15.9 T      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Picture exposure details3x90s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)PPMXL
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2020 Aug 20 08h11m49s
Observation modification date2020 Aug 20 08h12m45s

(Record n° 22288)

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