284P/McNaught (Record n° 12417)
Orbital period : 7.05 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 29 06h11 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.8 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.290 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.311 AU Right ascension 23 45 45.02 h m s Declination -09 46 20.2 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.08.29 13:57:52
AC2 thierrynoel1@laposte.net
NET UCAC-4
0284P C2014 08 29.25747 23 45 45.02 -09 46 20.2 15.8 N W96
0284P C2014 08 29.27276 23 45 44.70 -09 46 30.0 15.8 N W96
0284P C2014 08 29.28838 23 45 44.33 -09 46 40.1 15.8 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 temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Autoguide No Exposure details 38x60s Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Image processing Astrometrica (-dark, add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop) Observation submission date 2014 Aug 29 14h06m05s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 30 00h38m17s