C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 9903)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 14 00h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 2.316 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.397 AU Right ascension 19 19 27.65 h m s Declination -17 30 33.1 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.F Soulier
MEA J.F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.08.14
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK12S030 KC2013 08 14.03609 19 19 27.65 -17 30 33.1 16.7 N W96
CK12S030 KC2013 08 14.04559 19 19 25.87 -17 30 58.2 16.5 N W96
CK12S030 KC2013 08 14.06379 19 19 22.43 -17 31 47.0 16.4 N W96
CK12S030 KC2013 08 14.09223 19 19 17.06 -17 33 03.2 16.6 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 37 x 60s Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Aug 14 21h30m09s Observation modification date 2013 Aug 14 21h36m35s