C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) (Record n° 22421)
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 m1 0.5 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.391 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.634 AU Right ascension 03 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 configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 350 mm Instrument focale length 1645 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.7 Filter(s) L Camera Moravian G3 KAF 16200 Sensor CCD Sensor size 27x21.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 4500x3600 Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Motorization No Autoguide Yes Exposure details 1x2mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog Gaia DR2
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.4 "/pix Observation submission date 2020 Sep 19 00h56m26s Observation modification date 2020 Oct 12 18h17m45s