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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)


NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2024 Apr 29 07h49 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.5
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.792 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.822 AU
Right ascension13 27 24.05 h m s
Declination-01 05 13.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON P.Ditz
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2024.04.29 09:49:20
NET UCAC4
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
    CK23A030  B2024 04 29.32545 13 27 24.05 -01 05 13.2          12.5 V      W96
    CK23A030  B2024 04 29.32813 13 27 23.60 -01 05 11.7          12.5 V      W96
    CK23A030  B2024 04 29.32965 13 27 23.35 -01 05 11.0          12.5 V      W96
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentPlaneWave CDK17
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)430 mm
Instrument focale length2924 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.8
Filter(s)L
CameraQHY 268M
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountAstelco NTM500
Exposure total time1140 s
Exposure details38x30s
Moon phase49 °
Moon elongation82 °
Air mass2.6
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSpaceObs Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC4
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.79 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Observation submission date2024 Apr 29 18h33m45s
Observation modification date2024 Apr 29 18h38m03s

(Record n° 28422)

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