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C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)

Orbital period : 139.60 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Sep 17 08h06 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)13.3
Aperture radius used for m10.5 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.391 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.634 AU
Right ascension03 46 23.86 h m s
Declination-35 23 32.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON Jean-Louis Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2020.09.18 19:29:23
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
    CK20M030  C2020 09 17.33755 03 46 23.86 -35 23 32.2          15.8 G      X03
    CK20M030  C2020 09 17.34214 03 46 24.59 -35 23 29.8          15.9 G      X03
    CK20M030  C2020 09 17.34830 03 46 25.54 -35 23 26.8          15.8 G      X03
    CK20M030  C2020 09 17.35443 03 46 26.26 -35 23 24.4          13.3 T      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
Filter(s)L
CameraMoravian G3 KAF 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27x21.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
MotorizationNo
AutoguideYes
Exposure details1x2mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2020 Sep 19 00h56m26s
Observation modification date2020 Oct 12 18h17m45s

(Record n° 22421)

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