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C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)


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IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Sep 19 02h00 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.9
Aperture radius used for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.494 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.000 AU
Right ascension18 18 57.08 h m s
Declination-54 51 29.7 ° ' "
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 2014.09.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK13A010 KC2014 09 19.08336 18 18 57.08 -54 51 29.7          13.9 N      W96
    CK13A010 KC2014 09 19.09291 18 18 54.37 -54 50 37.4          13.9 N      W96
    CK13A010 KC2014 09 19.10420 18 18 51.11 -54 49 36.3          13.9 N      W96
    CK13A010 KC2014 09 19.10933 18 18 49.68 -54 49 08.1          13.9 N      W96
    CK13A010 KC2014 09 19.12062 18 18 46.42 -54 48 06.8          13.9 N      W96
    CK13A010 KC2014 09 19.13364 18 18 42.78 -54 46 55.7          13.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details26 x 10s
Moon elongation135 °
Air mass1.43
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Sep 19 05h58m26s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 19 05h59m22s

(Record n° 12560)

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