C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) 2019-Nov-24 Charles Bell

C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS)
2019-Nov-24 10:47:35 UTC
Exposure 1800 secs R filter
Sky Motion 0.27 "/min PA 269.2
ra 137.97648 dec +23.66236
Magnitude 18.42 +/- 0.06 R photAp 8.4 arcsec UCAC4
Coma diameter 18 arcsec
Tail 27 arcsec PA 330
Charles Bell H47 Vicksburg
0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + R filter
Annotated with SAOImageDS9
Astrometry and Photometry with Astrometrica

Charles Bell H47 Vicksburg
JPL Horizons Ephemeris Data:
JD = 2458811.949710648
t - T = +644.20857 days
RA 137.97681 Dec +23.66277
Delta = 6.166 au
r = 6.541 au
Elong. = 108.1 deg
Phase = 8.2 deg
PsAng = 285.0 deg antisolar direction
PsAMV = 60.6 deg -v direction
PlAng = +6.2 deg orbit plane angle
True Anomaly = 81.9 deg
Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)

Comet C/2015 O1 was discovered at magnitude 19.6 in four w-band exposures taken with the 1.8-m Pan-STARRS1 telescope at Haleakala on 2015-Jul-19.
C/2015 O1 passed perihelion 2018-Feb-19 at 3.730 au.

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