C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) (Record n° 22364)
Orbital period : 139.60 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2020 Aug 31 03h41 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.4 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 1.508 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.768 AU Right ascension 02 57 14.83 h m s Declination -36 26 12.6 ° ' " 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 A77 file updated 2020.08.31 07:13:18
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
CK20M030 KC2020 08 31.15321 02 57 14.83 -36 26 12.6 14.7 V A77
CK20M030 KC2020 08 31.15700 02 57 15.49 -36 26 14.8 14.5 V A77
CK20M030 KC2020 08 31.15795 02 57 15.72 -36 26 15.3 14.1 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 -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade-MCMT-TDM Exposure details 8x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Remarks or comments poor seeing, low on the horizon, poor astrometry Observation submission date 2020 Aug 31 07h16m55s Observation modification date 2020 Aug 31 07h23m46s