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C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)


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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 4.435 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.559 AU
Right ascension23 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details25 x 60s
Moon elongation53 °
Air mass1.06
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Oct 12 16h57m33s
Observation modification date2013 Oct 12 20h42m26s

(Record n° 10296)

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