284P/McNaught (Record n° 12573)
Orbital period : 7.05 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Sep 20 07h16 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.6 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.293 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.302 AU Right ascension 23 35 53.57 h m s Declination -13 32 48.3 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.09.20 09:25:51
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0284P C2014 09 20.30279 23 35 53.57 -13 32 48.3 15.6 N W96
0284P C2014 09 20.32572 23 35 52.86 -13 33 00.4 15.6 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Autoguide Yes Exposure details 31x1mn Air mass 2.5 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2014 Sep 20 11h29m24s Observation modification date 2014 Sep 21 18h08m42s