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C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)

Orbital period : 139.60 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2020 Dec 21 01h07 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.514 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.551 AU
Right ascension05 15 37.44 h m s
Declination+41 17 53.7 ° ' "
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 2020.12.21 04:29:36
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET NOMAD
    CK20M030  C2020 12 21.04640 05 15 37.44 +41 17 53.7          14.8 V      A77
    CK20M030  C2020 12 21.05023 05 15 37.34 +41 18 00.4          14.8 V      A77
    CK20M030  C2020 12 21.05468 05 15 37.21 +41 18 08.3          14.7 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details3x45s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogNOMAD
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2020 Dec 21 04h35m52s
Observation modification date2020 Dec 21 11h41m23s

(Record n° 22787)

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