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C/2011 A3 (Gibbs)

Orbital period : 20993.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Jul 24 01h08 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.2
Aperture radius used for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.348 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.530 AU
Right ascension23 17 18.94 h m s
Declination-21 36 58.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.300-m f/3 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.07.24
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
    CK11A030  C2012 07 24.04738 23 17 18.94 -21 36 58.2          16.2 N      C10
    CK11A030  C2012 07 24.05334 23 17 18.86 -21 37 02.1          16.2 N      C10
    CK11A030  C2012 07 24.06071 23 17 18.80 -21 37 06.3          16.2 N      C10
    CK11A030  C2012 07 24.06824 23 17 18.73 -21 37 11.5          16.1 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1800 s
Exposure details15 X 120s
Seeing4
Moon elongation151 °
Air mass3.62
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Jul 24 11h10m15s
Observation modification date2012 Jul 24 19h22m28s

(Record n° 6865)

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