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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 Aug 23 20h15 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.4
Aperture radius for m14.0 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)12.7
Aperture radius for m210 "
Coma diameter8.2 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)3
Tail length0.33 °
Tail position angle (PA)50 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.269 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.426 AU
Right ascension212.2725 °
Declination+1.35556 °
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 temperature16 °C
Binning2x2
MountDobson sur Table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time36 s
Exposure details14x2+2x4s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing2
Moon phase90 °
Air mass2
LocationValdrôme (26)
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbinning, flat, alignement, somme, retrait gradient résiduel
Observation submission date2020 Sep 07 15h16m50s

(Record n° 22382)

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