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C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Perihelion distance : 1.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 88 °
Eccentricity : 1

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Nov 06 17h30 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)14
Aperture radius for m10.4 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)16.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
Coma diameter0.5 '
Tail position angle (PA)6 °
r (dist/Sun) 7.869 AU
d (dist/Earth) 8.231 AU
Right ascension260.0845 °
Declination+38.36783 °
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 2020.11.06 19:52:03
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET NOMAD
    CK17K020  C2020 11 06.72904 17 20 20.28 +38 22 04.2          16.0 V      A77
    CK17K020  C2020 11 06.73958 17 20 20.65 +38 22 00.1          16.6 V      A77
    CK17K020  C2020 11 06.75011 17 20 20.95 +38 21 56.5          14.0 T      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details27x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)NOMAD
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2020 Nov 06 19h57m37s
Observation modification date2020 Nov 06 20h03m11s

(Record n° 22580)

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