C/2023 S2 (ATLAS) (Record n° 27681)
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Oct 02 23h52 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.3 " r (dist/Sun) 1.090 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.323 AU Right ascension 16 09 49.04 h m s Declination -05 53 55.8 ° ' " MPC report COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.10.03 11:14:33
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
CK23S020 KC2023 10 02.99468 16 09 49.04 -05 53 55.8 15.7 G X03
CK23S020 KC2023 10 03.00436 16 09 51.31 -05 53 55.8 15.8 G X03
CK23S020 KC2023 10 03.01359 16 09 53.48 -05 53 55.6 15.8 G X03
CK23S020 KC2023 10 03.02284 16 09 55.66 -05 53 55.6 15.7 G X03
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 360 mm Instrument focale length 1728 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.8 Filter(s) L Camera Moravian G3 KAF 16200 Sensor CCD Sensor size 27x21.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 4500x3600 Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 12x1mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog Gaia DR2
Used softwares Tycho V10.8 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.4 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Oct 03 09h25m37s Observation modification date 2023 Oct 03 09h27m54s