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C/2013 US10 (Catalina)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Dec 10 05h42 UT by Patrice Le Guen


(Copyright Patrice Le Guen)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)7.65
Aperture radius used for m11 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)10.0
Aperture radius used for m210 "
Coma diameter4.06 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)0
Tail length1 °
Tail position angle (PA)62 °
Afrho3852 cm
Afrho error92 cm
r (dist/Sun) 0.940 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.361 AU
Right ascension14 18 01.790s h m s
Declination-05 36 28.0 ° ' "
InstrumentTAKAHASHI FSQ106
Instrument typeRefractor
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)106 mm
Instrument focale length530 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)L
CameraQSI 583 WSG
SensorCCD
Sensor size17.96x13.52 mm2
Sensor pixels number3326x2504
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountTAKAHSHI EM200
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time90 s
Exposure details3x30s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4.5
Seeing3
Moon phase180 °
Moon elongation29 °
Air mass2.19
Observatory MPC codeXXX
LocationTOULON-FR
Reference stars catalogUUSNO-A 2.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.1 "/pix
Image processingPré-traitement, addition de 3 images de 30s.
Remarks or commentsUtilisation de FOCAS pour la mesure de AFRHO.
Observation submission date2016 Jan 02 16h12m53s

(Record n° 14977)

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