C/2021 C3 (Catalina) (Record n° 23067)
Orbital period : 502.70 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2021 Mar 16 06h14 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.7 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.303 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.327 AU Right ascension 12 14 18.52 h m s Declination +14 19 32.9 ° ' " 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 2021.03.16 12:08:00
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
CK21C030 C2021 03 16.25980 12 14 18.52 +14 19 32.9 17.7 G X03
CK21C030 C2021 03 16.26737 12 14 17.20 +14 19 59.8 18.1 G X03
CK21C030 C2021 03 16.27576 12 14 15.40 +14 20 28.5 17.3 G X03
CK21C030 C2021 03 16.28417 12 14 13.81 +14 20 58.5 17.8 G X03
CK21C030 C2021 03 16.29087 12 14 12.46 +14 21 22.1 17.6 G X03Instrumental 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 11x1mn 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 2021 Mar 16 12h46m29s Observation modification date 2021 Mar 16 12h49m54s