C/2009 F4 (McNaught) (Record n° 12785)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Oct 20 05h12 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 18.6 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 0.4 ' Tail length 0.07 ° r (dist/Sun) 8.978 AU d (dist/Earth) 8.142 AU Right ascension 03 43 27.57 h m s Declination -04 53 50.4 ° ' " 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 2014.10.20 09:52:15
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK09F040 KC2014 10 20.21634 03 43 27.57 -04 53 50.4 18.8 N W96
CK09F040 KC2014 10 20.26468 03 43 26.38 -04 53 53.0 18.4 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 -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Autoguide Yes Exposure details 42x2mn Air mass 1.23 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 Oct 20 13h02m47s Observation modification date 2014 Oct 20 18h30m06s