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C/2021 C3 (Catalina)

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 deviation0.3
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.303 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.327 AU
Right ascension12 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      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 details11x1mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2021 Mar 16 12h46m29s
Observation modification date2021 Mar 16 12h49m54s

(Record n° 23067)

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