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C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)

Orbital period : 139.60 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Oct 20 07h05 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.3
Aperture radius used for m11.4 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.7
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.271 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.431 AU
Right ascension05 01 29.90 h m s
Declination-22 17 18.2 ° ' "
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 2020.10.20 18:56:28
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
    CK20M030  C2020 10 20.29539 05 01 29.90 -22 17 18.2          13.7 G      X03
    CK20M030  C2020 10 20.30293 05 01 30.61 -22 16 58.5          13.7 G      X03
    CK20M030  C2020 10 20.31131 05 01 31.37 -22 16 36.1          13.7 G      X03
    CK20M030  C2020 10 20.31969 05 01 32.14 -22 16 14.2          13.7 G      X03
    CK20M030  C2020 10 20.32387 05 01 32.50 -22 16 02.9          11.3 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 details1x1mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Remarks or commentsm1 calculé dans FoCAs ouverture 60x60
Observation submission date2020 Oct 20 19h28m52s
Observation modification date2020 Oct 20 19h40m52s

(Record n° 22524)

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