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C/2012 J1 (Catalina)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Sep 14 21h04 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.4
Aperture radius used for m29 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.262 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.453 AU
Right ascension23 47 06.10 h m s
Declination+39 15 26.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD B83
CON Thierry NOEL [thierrynoel1@laposte.net]
OBS T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.20-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.09.15 12:14:10
AC2 thierrynoel1@laposte.net
NET UCAC-3
    CK12J010  C2012 09 14.87797 23 47 06.10 +39 15 26.2          14.4 N      B83
    CK12J010  C2012 09 14.91309 23 47 05.45 +39 15 16.7          14.4 N      B83
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.0
CameraSBIG ST7-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountAtlas-EQG
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time3300 s
Exposure details11x5mn
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4.5
Observatory MPC codeB83
LocationGi?res 38610 France
Reference stars catalogUCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.85 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add) + Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2012 Sep 16 20h52m33s
Observation modification date2012 Sep 16 22h25m35s

(Record n° 7474)

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