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C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)

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 deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.508 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.768 AU
Right ascension02 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 configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details8x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Remarks or commentspoor seeing, low on the horizon, poor astrometry
Observation submission date2020 Aug 31 07h16m55s
Observation modification date2020 Aug 31 07h23m46s

(Record n° 22364)

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