C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) (Record n° 10296)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Oct 12 02h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.1 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 4.435 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.559 AU Right ascension 23 09 17.97 h m s Declination -05 06 52.1 ° ' " 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 2013.10.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK12S040 KC2013 10 12.12210 23 09 17.97 -05 06 52.1 18.2 N W96
CK12S040 KC2013 10 12.13590 23 09 17.15 -05 07 05.0 18.2 N W96
CK12S040 KC2013 10 12.15338 23 09 16.12 -05 07 25.8 17.9 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 25 x 60s Moon elongation 53 ° Air mass 1.06 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 Oct 12 16h57m33s Observation modification date 2013 Oct 12 20h42m26s