C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) (Record n° 12935)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Nov 15 23h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 10.8 Aperture radius used for m1 0.20 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 13 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 3.4 " Coma diameter 0.90 ' Afrho 4075 cm Afrho error 159 cm r (dist/Sun) 1.431 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.134 AU Right ascension 17 41 30.59 h m s Declination -12 57 54.7 ° ' " 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 2014.11.15 and 16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
CK13A010 C2014 11 15.99471 17 41 30.59 -12 57 54.7 13.1 N W96
CK13A010 C2014 11 15.99767 17 41 30.62 -12 57 51.1 13.1 N W96
CK13A010 C2014 11 16.00122 17 41 30.66 -12 57 46.6 12.9 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) I Bessel Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 12 x 45s Moon elongation 107 ° Air mass 3.84 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Nov 16 14h04m09s Observation modification date 2014 Nov 16 14h28m08s