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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 2021 Jan 26 05h24 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)13.9
Aperture radius for m10.2 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
Tail position angle (PA)359 °
r (dist/Sun) 7.243 AU
d (dist/Earth) 7.618 AU
Right ascension271.90038 °
Declination+35.22906 °
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 2021.01.26 08:12:54
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET NOMAD
    CK17K020  C2021 01 26.22509 18 07 36.09 +35 13 44.6          15.1 V      A77
    CK17K020  C2021 01 26.22996 18 07 36.20 +35 13 45.1          15.3 V      A77
    CK17K020  C2021 01 26.23482 18 07 36.40 +35 13 45.9          13.9 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-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade-MCMT-TDM
Exposure details13x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)NOMAD
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Remarks or commentsTail 2'
Observation submission date2021 Jan 26 08h16m01s
Observation modification date2021 Jan 26 08h18m54s

(Record n° 22902)

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